Thank you to our witnesses.
We're talking about the main estimates and spending appropriation by the government.
Mr. Friday, back in 2011 agents of Parliament wrote to the Speakers of the Senate and the House as well as the chairs of the government oversight committees requesting an opportunity to appear about the independence of agents of Parliament. That letter was issued in 2011. Subsequently there was the May election in 2011, and then following the configuration of the new Parliament the letter was retransmitted. It's never been replied to by Parliament, by any standing committee.
What are your views about the independence of Parliament and whether your going before Parliament looking for the appropriation of funds impacts your independence?