Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Budget Officer did not drink the Liberal generational Kool-Aid. There is no surprise there: His mandate is to conduct non-partisan analyses. That is exactly why the Liberals want to replace him. They posted a job listing for a permanent replacement with “tact and discretion”. They want a low-key parliamentary budget officer who apologizes before he speaks. A little more and they will ask him to get a Liberal Party membership card.
Will they take the same approach used for judges and recruit the next parliamentary budget officer through the “Liberalist”?