Mr. Fréchette, I would like to go back to the questions I asked about transparency, and to your role and responsibilities.
At the moment, you are quite busy. Actually, you have been ever since your organization was created. Two commitments were made during the election campaign, that the Parliamentary Budget Officer should be independent and that the office should be well financed. Have there been any discussions about that and any progress on the matter?
The objectives, in fact, are to make your office independent—by which we mean reporting to Parliament rather than to the Library of Parliament—and to make sure that it is well financed—by which we mean that you are able to adequately fulfill the responsibilities you have been given.