Thank you, Mr. Chair.
On behalf of our party, the NDP, I want to welcome you to this new and important position. We've waited for a while for a sense of accountability around budgets.
Mr. Young, in your remarks you referred to holding the government accountable. It strikes me that the delay in getting this office up and running and your position staffed up was regrettable, because we've had some budgetary cycles pass without the accountability you've talked about.
Not to be provocative, but there's an issue that is percolating around the House of Commons these days with regard to the government expecting parliamentary officers to vet communications plans and press releases through the PCO.
First of all, would you see that applying to you? Of course, that leads to a serious question. When you do produce a final report, will it be your report or would it be the Prime Minister's?