PBO at a Glance

Position Created:	December 2006
Parliamentary Budget Officer:	Kevin Page (appointed March 2008)
Budget:	$1.8 million for FY 2008-09
Staff:	15 employees
Mandate:	The mandate of the Parliamentary Budget Officer is to provide independent analysis to Parliament on the state of the nation's finances, the government's estimates and trends in the Canadian economy; and upon request from a committee or parliamentarian, to estimate the financial cost of any proposal for matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction.

Contact Information :

Address:	Parliamentary Budget Officer Library of Parliament Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0A9
Email:	info@parl.gc.ca
Website:	www.parl.gc.ca/pbo-dpb
Telephone:	+1 613 992-4793
Toll-free (Canada):	+1 866 599-4999
Media Enquiries:	+1 613 992-8001

Position	Name	GEDS	Email
Parliamentary Budget Officer	Kevin Page	Contact Information	pagek@parl.gc.ca
Administrative Coordinator	Patricia Brown	Contact Information	brownp@parl.gc.ca
Economic and Fiscal Analysis
Director General	Mostafa Askari	Contact Information	askarm@parl.gc.ca
Economic Advisor-Analyst	Russell Barnett	Contact Information	barner@parl.gc.ca
Economic Advisor-Analyst	Jeff Danforth	Contact Information	danfoj@parl.gc.ca
Senior Advisor	Chris Matier	Contact Information	matiec@parl.gc.ca
Manager	Brad Recker	Contact Information	reckeb@parl.gc.ca
Economic Analyst	Stephen Tapp	Contact Information	tapps@parl.gc.ca
Expenditure and Revenue Analysis
Director General	Sahir Khan	Contact Information	khans@parl.gc.ca
Financial Analyst	Jason Jacques	Contact Information	jacquj@parl.gc.ca
Manager	Ramnarayanan Mathilakath	Contact Information	mathir@parl.gc.ca
Financial Advisor-Analyst	Ashutosh Rajekar	Contact Information	rajeka@parl.gc.ca
Financial Advisor-Analyst	Sheryl Urie	Contact Information	uries@parl.gc.ca
Financial Advisor-Analyst	Peter Weltman	Contact Information	weltmp@parl.gc.ca
Students and Interns
Student	David Pinet		PinetD@parl.gc.ca