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Public Accounts committee The forecasting is new. The library has not really had any capacity previously to do any fiscal forecasting. The other elements of this mandate have been, to some extent, covered off by the parliamentary research branch, including the economists. I mean, you have two of them here
May 1st, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Public Accounts committee I am an officer of the Library of Parliament.
May 1st, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Public Accounts committee He has the independence of an officer of the Library of Parliament.
May 1st, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Public Accounts committee I think I should take this question. Parliamentary institutions, including the Library of Parliament, are not subject to the same reporting relationships as government departments or agencies. We are the legislative branch of government; we work for and with you, and we're not s
May 1st, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Public Accounts committee We will start by reviewing the talent that is already there at the Library of Parliament. About thirty economists work for the Library and are available. Mr. Page has referred to making use of the people who are already in place. We have talked about launching a national campaig
May 1st, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Public Accounts committee First of all, I have to tell you that it is very difficult to hire economists who have the required qualifications for these positions. Also, the levels are somewhat higher than those of the other directors of the Library of Parliament but we are reviewing the classification of o
May 1st, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Public Accounts committee Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the public accounts committee. Good morning. I welcome the opportunity to appear before you. As you mentioned, I'm here today with Kevin Page, Canada's first Parliamentary Budget Officer. As you're aware, Parliament legislated these new funct
May 1st, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Finance committee The library is independent.
February 13th, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Finance committee I am responsible to the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Speaker of the Senate.
February 13th, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Finance committee Well, he is.
February 13th, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Finance committee Yes, it does.
February 13th, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Finance committee Absolutely. There has been no discussion of the appointment process with the Department of Finance or with anyone at any political level. With respect to notification of individuals at the political level, I will tell you that House leaders of every party, in both chambers, recei
February 13th, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Finance committee I don't want to anticipate too much how the individual is going to define the role. Quite frankly, if I were he or she and I were confronted with the pre-budget consultations that I know you folks undertake, I would volunteer to come before the committee to discuss with you exact
February 13th, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Finance committee It did. What happened was that a lot of people were screening themselves out, based on the classification of the position.
February 13th, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young
Finance committee I think not.... Well, that's part of it, obviously. Part of it is also the clout that a classification will give you in any system. For example, this person will be negotiating with people at the highest level in the Department of Finance. If you look at the Ray & Berndtson r
February 13th, 2008Committee meeting
William R. Young