Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Young, for coming forward. I don't know if we'll have enough time, because it looks like we're probably going to want to get our opinions in and also ask questions. I'm going to try to do a little bit of both.
First of all, we had requested that everybody appear at the same time, and you're here, I think, because you didn't want to be at the same table. So I have a problem with the structure in terms of my interpretation or my understanding that this was going to be an independent parliamentary budgetary office, and I think the word “independent” is missing. That's where I'm having a little bit of difficulty.
Can you help me out on that? Is it supposed to be independent? Is the Library of Parliament not an independent entity and that is why you were uncomfortable sitting at the table with the Finance officials?