Mr. Chairman, I would like to come back to what Mr. Young said earlier. Mr. Young is also an employee of the Library of Parliament. An act must be interpreted within a given context. Senior government officials are telling us that their interpretation of the act as passed by Parliament has frustrated the clear will of Parliament to have a Parliamentary Budget Officer. After seven months, there has been no success in finding someone who meets the requirements established. At that point, those engaged in the process might, with a measure of modesty, come to the conclusion that the requirements are perhaps too high and should perhaps be reviewed. There is no legal impediment to putting the parliamentary budget officer's position at the same level as that of Mr. Young. They are both, strictly speaking, employees of the Library of Parliament, are they not?
On February 13th, 2008. See this statement in context.