From his public service, to serving as 🇨🇦’s first Parliamentary Budget Officer, to building IFSD at @uottawa.ca, Kevin has helped set enduring standards for fiscal transparency, integrity, and evidence‑informed public debate.
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The whole @ifsd.ca team is looking forward to seeing our President & CEO Kevin Page be recognized with the 2026 🌟 Award of Distinction from the Ontario Economics Association (OEA) and the Canadian Association for Business Economics (CABE), on May 12 2026.
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"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨."
MPs vote to approve government spending (The Estimates) without a clear link to the govt's Budget plan.
IFSD’s Kevin Page and @sahirkhan.bsky.social talk about how this creates confusion and what can be done to fix it.
Kevin Page and @sahirkhan.bsky.social discuss why Canada runs parallel Budget and Estimates systems, how this creates confusion, and how a better system would improve accountability and public trust.
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🆕 Bonus episode: Why the Estimates are so confusing.
Every spring, Parliament votes to approve billions in spending through the Main Estimates. Every year, the govt also tables its Budget.
But MPs, journalists, and the public are often left trying to reconcile documents that don’t line up.
Watch or listen to the full discussion between Stéphane Dion and @ifsd-ifpd.bsky.social 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞.
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/JBRBLnYkZ3U
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Canada isn’t unique in facing tensions between central governments and provinces or states. But Stéphane Dion reflects on what does set 🇨🇦 apart: strong decentralization and the risk of “𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.”
At @uottawa.ca, #research, public finance expertise, and academic insight are helping inform the real choices facing governments and Parliament.
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The timely #OPPRO discussion explored the impact of #Budget2025 on 🇨🇦’s research capacity and the role of research institutions.
It underscored why strong institutions and credible analysis matter — especially as Canada faces a "hinge moment" moment of fiscal and geopolitical pressure.
“The system is being pushed to create new agencies and programs while injecting roughly $30 billion into the economy. That’s not business as usual.”
— Kevin Page, President of @ifsd-ifpd.bsky.social at @uottawa.ca @uottawa-innovation.bsky.social Brown Bag Lunch on public policy
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“Europeans and Canadians have always loved each other. But we never felt that we needed each other.”
That has changed. As we see with PM Carney back Europe.
The latest Politics of Money podcast has Stéphane Dion with Kevin Page, talking external sovereignty pressures and internal unity threats.
Before 2008, MPs and the public were severely limited in access to public finance info. Then the Parliamentary Budget Office was created.
Kevin Page's founding PBO team talk building the Office, Annette Ryan's nomination, and why its needed now.
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🎙️The Politics of Money — a new podcast from IFSD🎙️
1st ep: Kevin Page, Sahir Khan, and Mostafa Askari draw on their experiences building and leading the PBO, discuss Annette Ryan's nomination as next PBO.
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“She is smart, analytical and strategic. She is a good communicator. She is a dedicated and hard working public servant. In addition, Annette Ryan is a wonderful person. She has an East Coast charm that will engage PBO staff, Parliamentarians and Canadians,” said Mr. Page.
Strong fiscal oversight matters — and leadership matters, too.
Kevin Page, IFSD's President, spoke to @theglobeandmail.com about Annette Ryan's nomination to be Canada’s next Parliamentary Budget Officer.
As 🇨🇦's first PBO, Kevin talked about the kind of qualities that are needed to lead the PBO.
Kevin Page, Canada's first PBO and now President of @ifsd-ifpd.bsky.social, welcomed Annette Ryan's nomination, saying she brings “very strong credentials” and is "an independent thinker with backbone to support the values and analysis of the office."
Good democratic debate starts with shared facts.
That’s the critical role of the #PBO – independent analysis in service of Parliament and 🇨🇦.
"Helping Parliament and Canadians understand what this means for 🇨🇦's public finances and how we can use fiscal policy responsibly to navigate the best path ahead for our country is a critical role."
@ifsd-ifpd.bsky.social's President Kevin Page in The Hill Times
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"Many believe we are living through an historical, pivotal moment—geo-political, trade, technology..."
The work of the PBO is invaluable and Kevin emphasized that helping Parliament and Canadians understand 🇨🇦’s public finances, and be able to access independent analysis of fiscal policy, will be critical tasks for the next PBO in the months and years ahead.
Facing this “hinge moment” of economic & geopolitical change, Kevin spoke about how today’s PBO candidate pool and requirements are much deeper than when he was selected––Candidates must bring experience in central agencies, direct exposure to the budget process, and graduate training in economics.
Photo of Kevin Page speaking, credit The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Kevin Page, IFSD President & Canada’s first Parliamentary Budget Officer, spoke to The Hill Times about the search for the next PBO –– and how the PBO plays a critical role in supporting Parliament and making sure Canadians have access to independent fiscal analysis at this tumultuous time.
Read about why the next 🇺🇸 #Fed chair matters to 🇨🇦:
🇨🇦 interest rates, 🇨🇦$, 🇨🇦 affordability and cross‑border #cdnecon impacts.
IFSD's latest in Policy Magazine from Kevin Page breaks down appointment processes and why independence is a public good.
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Central Bank independence underpins stable prices and economic growth.
The next Fed chair choice isn’t just a 🇺🇸 story—it will impact 🇨🇦 commodity prices, affordability in 🇨🇦, the 🇨🇦 dollar and 🇨🇦's industries.
Read the latest from @ifsd-ifpd.bsky.social's Kevin Page in @policymag.bsky.social→
Getting this transformative moment right means aligning procurement with program design, strengthening capability, and treating buying decisions as performance levers.
𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀.
In @hilltimes.com, Sahir emphasizes we risk creating new cost pressures instead of delivering long-term cost savings.
As Ottawa increasingly shifts from buying goods to procuring complex services, procurement must be treated as a strategic capability that shapes outcomes and creates public value.
With a push to rethink how programs and services are delivered and a #BuyCanadian policy, procurement is facing real change. The risks of getting it wrong are significant.
@sahirkhan.bsky.social warns that w/o rethinking procurement, we may end up “outsourcing functions to keep that system going.”
