John McCallum at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On April 23rd, 2012. See this statement in context.

April 23rd, 2012 / 5:20 p.m.

Liberal

John McCallum Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON

On the question of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, I certainly agree with you that he should be a full officer of Parliament.

You made one point I hadn't heard before, that if he were a full officer of Parliament, he'd have greater access to information. Would he have some sort of statutory ability to get the information he lacks today?

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