20 Facts About Kevin Page

Kevin Page was born on 1957 and is a Canadian economist.

Kevin Page was the first Parliamentary Budget Officer for Canada.

Kevin Page was appointed to the position on March 25,2008, and his term was completed on March 22,2013.

In 2013, Page was named as the Jean-Luc Pepin Research Chair on Canadian Government.

In 2016, Kevin Page became the head of the newly created Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, a think tank with a focus on public finance and policy at the University of Ottawa.

Kevin Page was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, to James and Stella Kevin Page.

Kevin Page was the senior-most economist advising Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Kevin Page was the first Parliamentary Budget Officer, an independent officer of the Library of Parliament who reports to the Speakers of the House of Commons and Senate.

Kevin Page "appeared before both House and Senate committees on eight occasions in three years, more than most deputy ministers, let alone ministers".

Kevin Page released his fall 2008 fiscal analysis that said Canada was "headed toward a budget deficit" rejecting then-Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty's post-election prediction that Canada "would avoid both a recession and a deficit".

In February 2009, Kevin Page challenged the federal government's optimistic budget projections with its stimulus package that he said was too small and therefore ineffective, given the severity of the Great Recession.

Kevin Page published a scathing report on June 22,2010, examining the fiscal impact of the Harper governments' Truth in Sentencing Act, a flagship of the administration's tough-on-crime agenda.

In September 2011, Kevin Page reported that federal expenditures were generally consistent with Budget 2011 plan.

Kevin Page felt that the Office had a choice but to take the government to court.

Since 2012, Kevin Page has been a professor at the University of Ottawa.

In 2013, Kevin Page was named as the Jean-Luc Pepin Research Chair, a Chair on Canadian Government honouring Jean-Luc Pepin at the University of Ottawa.

In 2016, Kevin Page became the head of the newly created Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, a think tank with a focus on public finance and policy at the University of Ottawa.

In 2017, Kevin Page received an Honorary Doctor of Law from Lakehead University.

Kevin Page's children are Tyler Page, Jesse Page, and Chelsey Page.

In 2012, Kevin Page was a coach for the Nepean Raiders' Pee Wee hockey team.