OTTAWA — Members of Parliament voted right now to approve the appointment of Annette Ryan as Canada’s subsequent Parliamentary Finances Officer.
MPs accredited her appointment in a 164 to 153 vote, with Bloc Québécois and Conservatives voting in opposition to her nomination.
Ryan, a longtime public servant and the present deputy director at Canada’s monetary intelligence company, Fintrac, was named as cupboard’s decide to steer the Workplace of the Parliamentary Finances Officer final month.
Ryan’s testimony was clouded at occasions by MPs’ give attention to Jason Jacques, the previous interim PBO whose time period expired earlier this 12 months.
Conservative MPs had mentioned they’d vote in opposition to Ryan’s nomination as a result of they need Jacques to tackle the everlasting function.
Ryan has mentioned she would current the workplace’s fiscal evaluation in a means that makes clear the implications of spending choices, however added she would depart the “stark language” to parliamentarians.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed April 21, 2026.
—With recordsdata from Craig Lord
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press