I agree, Mr. McCallum, and I'll say that when we wrote this report the PBO did not exist. I made my point that I think the Parliamentary Budget Officer should be an officer of Parliament serving this committee, very much like the Auditor General serves the public accounts committee.
Therefore, it would have the staff and the resources to do that program evaluation and also have the access to the documentation too. That would require legislation. The act for the Auditor General gives the Auditor General access to the documentation. The PBO would need that same kind of legislation.