The motion that's posing difficulty is the one that the finance committee invite the Minister of Finance, the President of the Treasury Board, the Parliamentary Librarian, and the Parliamentary Budget Officer to appear regarding the decision to reduce funding for the Parliamentary Budget Officer by 30%, and that at least two meetings be devoted to this study.
The reason is that the Parliamentary Budget Officer's mandate, as defined in section 79.1(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act, is to establish “the position of Parliamentary Budget Officer, the holder of which is an officer of the Library of Parliament”. Therefore, it would be the Library of Parliament committee that would study his mandate. He can report to us on economic forecasting, but in terms of his mandate he would report to the Library of Parliament committee.