Thank you for that.
It seems this is closely connected to the funding question. Here you have, basically, the Prime Minister's department. He's the leader of the government. It would put you in a pretty uncomfortable position, especially when you've explained to this committee that you need more resources to ensure that Canadians can have access to their government. It's not the government itself as an entity, but Canadians need to have access to their government.
I would certainly not question your integrity and independence, but certainly the situation puts you in a very challenging spot as an officer of Parliament and as an institution vis-à-vis the highest-ranking public servant, who is going to be involved in the passing of the budget, and now all of a sudden there's this conflict. I know you've expanded on that a bit.
Can you explain how you make sure this doesn't happen? Again, it's concerning that there would be what could be perceived as an institutional challenge.