Auditor Fears Fake News

Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette says he fears fake news peddlers will spoil new legislation permitting first-ever costing of party election platforms.  The 2019 campaign will be the first under rules allowing the Office to calculate expenses of campaign promises: “What I am afraid of is third parties, like media.”

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