Translation of "processus d'examen des prévisions budgétaires " (French → English) :

I'd suggest that we accept the role government has in setting policy and see the estimates process as a vehicle for MPs to apply both their unique skill sets and their unique perspectives to the oversight of government operations within the policy parameters set by the government of the day—in other words, view the estimates and supply process as a study of “how”, not a study of “why”.

That the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, as part of the study of the Estimates Process, report the following to the House: That the Committee is deeply concerned by the decision of the Treasury Board to delay the reports on Plans and Priorities until the week of May 7 and to withhold any information about the Strategic and Operating Review from those documents.

The budgetary impact of the potential activation of the optional additional ceiling would have to be calculated on the basis of updated forecasts on provisioning needs of the Fund at the time of the mid-term review.

Biased and unrealistic macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts can considerably hamper the effectiveness of fiscal planning and consequently impair commitment to budgetary discipline, while transparency and discussion of forecasting methodologies can significantly increase the quality of macroeconomic and budgetary forecasts for fiscal planning.

awaits with interest the implementation of a transparent, fair, credible system of local public finances, in which there would no longer be rigid practices and clientelism supporting an unbalanced system of discretionary distribution of budget resources to local communities; it would no longer be possible to influence the structure of revenues accumulated by other administrative levels; greater independence would be given to the local budget process, guaranteeing adequate revenues and enabling the collection of own taxes, which would allow resources to be managed independently and, indirectly, would make it possible to ...[+++]design local economic development policies; powers would be delegated by the State to local communities, accompanied by the necessary financial resources; procedures for financial equalisation would become true instruments to support disadvantaged communities; resources would be allocated transparently, enabling predictable financial management by all local communities; local financial autonomy would be protected from the interference of public authorities at other levels;

10. Recalls that these budget lines were selected on the basis of a thorough examination of the special reports of the Court of Auditors, the Synthesis Reports on the Commission's management of funds, the Budget Forecast Alert prepared by the Commission, and cost-benefit analyses carried out at the request of the Committee on Budgets and taking into account the activity statements prepared by the Commission services;