In Quebec and Ontario, parliamentary committees do this before the budget is announced. They have clearly had discussions beforehand. Subsequently, the budget is completed to reflect that.
As I said, we have always supported the comments of the President of the Treasury Board, Minister Brison, if he really wants to align it with Australia's model. In 2012, the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates made recommendations to that effect. The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer always respects what parliamentarians are saying. In our opinion, the model proposed by the 2012 Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates was a good model that should be taken even further.