I find it a shame that the Parliamentary Budget Officer wasn't consulted. I think that would have prevented the situation we are in right now and prevent the Parliamentary Budget Officer from appearing before us to openly criticize the proposal.
Furthermore, the issue of the cost of certain proposals during an election campaign is one of the things that was raised by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. He sees it as a danger, since during the election campaign he would become a major political actor if he began to disclose information and publish reports on the costs of the programs contained in the various political platforms.
Have you taken that into consideration? Maybe if it had been consulted, this situation could have been avoided. Are you aware that, if we pass the bill as it is, the Parliamentary Budget Officer will become an important political actor in an election campaign? Do you think that's a role he should play?