I will answer you in another way. Mr. Page spoke about this a little earlier.
Throughout the world, there are only two other Parliamentary Budget Offices that do this type of thing. Only one such director, in Australia, has a true legislative mandate. The one in the Netherlands has been doing this work for several years, but does not have a legislative mandate. That is a very poor example. There are approximately 12 political parties in the Netherlands. You will understand that it becomes a rather less than fluid melting pot.
Among his responsibilities, the Australian parliamentary budget officer calculates the financial frameworks of the electoral platforms. He presents his report 30 days after the election. Everything he does before the election and during the electoral period is kept confidential. Thirty days after the election, he submits his report on all of the financial frameworks of all of the political parties represented in the House who asked him to do so.
In 2016, he responded to some 2,000 requests for evaluations of political party proposals. In order to do this he recruited 50 permanent employees from the Treasury and Finance Department of Australia.
If the public service wants to give me 50 additional employees, it will be my pleasure to perform this type of calculation on a permanent basis.