Mr. Chairman, I would not want us to spend too much time on this, as Mr. Page is here and the important thing is to ask him questions on his report. I would simply like to remind you that before the break, we committee members decided that we had to denounce the lack of information on departments available to the Parliamentary Budget Officer. On two occasions I moved a motion to that effect.
We must not forget that the Parliamentary Budget Officer is the representative of members of the House of Commons. On behalf of the members he must report to the House on expenditures. On two occasions, this committee supported a motion I moved regarding the fact that he was unable to obtain information. So, he was asked to go back to the drawing board and attempt to obtain this information. It is as a result of this type of motion that we now have the Parliamentary Budget Officer before us. I simply wanted to remind everyone of this.
The Bloc Québécois supported Mr. Page's appearance.
Mr. Chairman, it was a very good idea.