Financial Management Institute of Canada - Honourary Co-Chair & Keynote Speaker

Kevin Page

Parliamentary Budget Officer
Library of Parliament

Kevin Page was appointed Canada's first Parliamentary Budget Officer on March 25, 2008. The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) is an independent officer of the Library of Parliament who reports to the Speakers of both chambers and who is responsible for providing independent analysis to the Senate and to the House of Commons about trends in the national economy, the state of nation's finances and the estimates of the government.

Mr. Page has 26 years of experience in the federal public service. Many of the years were in the central agencies - Finance Canada, the Privy Council Office and the Treasury Board Secretariat - where he held positions responsible for the provision of advice and analysis on economic, fiscal and expenditure management issues. Mr. Page has also held different positions in other departments including Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-foods Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Mr. Page was born in Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario in 1957. He has a Master of Arts in Economics (1982) from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He is married and the father of three children.