I will answer Mrs. Vignola.
I put this question to the members of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer at the beginning of prorogation. They were in the process of reviewing the laws that govern them. There is nothing to prevent the committee from making the same request of them. I have yet to receive a response from the Parliamentary Budget Officer. I don’t know how the bill is drafted or how the Parliamentary Budget Officer interprets it. We have to wait and see. I don’t know if the people in the office continued their work during prorogation.
On another subject, Mr. Chair, I would like to clarify something for those who have problems with interpretation. I forgot to mention at the beginning of the meeting that if you want to speak in French, you have to be on the French channel. If you want to speak in English, you have to be on the English channel. When you switch from one channel to the other, it takes a few seconds for the change to take place. This can create problems and cause you to hear the interpretation while you are trying to speak. I hope that this clarification can solve some of the problems.