There are different parts to that part of the legislation. The first part of the mandate is very prescriptive, in the sense that it stipulates that the PBO can provide assessment of very specific government documents, and there are four mentioned in the legislation. That, to us, is very restrictive, because during the year, outside of the budget cycle, the government may actually table other documents on other programs that they may decide to propose. That part of the legislation essentially prevents the PBO from providing a fiscal or economic assessment of those documents.
The other part of this mandate relates to the rights of members of Parliament and senators to request the PBO to do studies. The language that is in the bill right now in fact restricts any request by members of Parliament to ask the PBO to do costing of government programs, because in the way this is worded right now, it's only on the issues that the members are considering to propose rather than the proposals that are made by the government. That, then, is also restrictive.