Exercise due diligence regarding costing analysis prepared by departments for all proposed legislation and programs.

What success looks like

Modernized costing informs all proposed legislation and programs.

Government's narrative on progress

The government issued new best practices for calculating program costs and commissioned a study to identify gaps in the existing costing approach, which will help inform future decisions. The government is also undertaking a pilot project to better estimate future costing requirements for major procurement projects. This pilot project played a critical role in the development of the new defence policy: Strong, Secure, Engaged. These measures will help make sure solid costing information informs decision-making.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.