I'll try to keep this as brief as possible considering how much we're doing to prepare.
First of all, my predecessor asked the Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons to increase the OPBO's budget by an amount believed sufficient at the time to handle the expanded mandate. That request was granted, so we will be getting substantially more analysts. We'll have about 42 employees, which includes administrative assistants, other support staff, analysts, and management, including me. We do have more resources now.
With respect to preparations themselves, we are developing a number of tools that will enable us to respond to requests more quickly and efficiently. For example, we are working on a model that will enable us to estimate, as well as we're able, how much the Canadian Armed Forces will grow. We are already laying the groundwork for requests we anticipate receiving. We have also developed models to estimate the costs associated with certain relatively simple fiscal measures.
We are developing the tools we'll need to address issues we expect to see in campaign platforms.