I want to introduce this amendment, which is not designed to eliminate the secret ballot. So I'm showing some originality.
I'll ask the experts to tell us what they think of the following.
In clause 119 of the bill, that is in proposed subsection 79.1(2), it is provided that the person who is appointed Parliamentary Budget Officer will hold office during pleasure for a renewable term of not more than three years.
We think three years is too short a period to take over the file, move it forward and so on. I get the impression that's why the Auditor General, the Commissioner of Official Languages and the senior officers of the House are appointed for seven years. As we believe that three years is too short a term, we are proposing that the term be comparable to those of other officers of the House. I don't know what the experts think of that.