Obviously, a parliamentary budget officer, the Auditor General, any officer of Parliament, is going to prepare a work plan. It will be forward-looking, and as the sessions progress, initiatives will be brought forward. The parliamentary budget officer will make decisions, just like the Auditor General makes decisions on what to audit this year, next year, and in future years. It's a decision. I think you want the parliamentary budget officer to be a regular feature here. I was a regular feature at this committee, the Senate committee, public accounts, and the operations and estimates committee. We will bring the work here. The parliamentary budget office will bring the work here. I think you want to make sure that you have that opportunity to talk. Is this work authoritative? Is it high-quality work? You make the decision whether you use the work or not. In the same way, we ask the Auditor General, and we hold the Office of the Auditor General accountable over the quality of their work. We would do the same.
I think one feature that is not in the legislation that does exist in other legislations is a review function of the parliamentary budget officer and office. I was asked to review the Office for Budget Responsibility in the U.K. It is actually built into legislation. Having something like a five-year process where we build into the review, or maybe seven years in the case of the change in the tenure of this office, would be a good addition, as well.
Again, the work that was done during my tenure, and the work done by Mr. Fréchette, the current parliamentary budget officer, all that work, is made available to Canadians. There is complete transparency.