Library of Parliament committee  I don't know the exact number, but I could come back to you with the information. In fact, I am being told that 180 members met with ambassadors in 2015. I don't know about 2011, but we could send you the data. Your point is extremely important. You may have forgotten, but we m

Library of Parliament committee  Thank you for the question. No, we are not hiring anyone for that.

Library of Parliament committee  The current number for this year, not including the guides, who are always set aside from that, would be 363 FTEs.

Library of Parliament committee  Yes. I can pull out my budget numbers, if you like, and I can double-check that. But yes, there was an amount that was not spent. That is absolutely correct.

Library of Parliament committee  You may recall that there was a large boost to the library's budget to enhance both our capacity in terms of research as well as in terms of building our collection and sustaining the collection. As I suspect, you can understand that with a large increase it takes some time to ra

Library of Parliament committee  I will hand over that question to Catherine MacLeod, who is the head of all of our research services.

Library of Parliament committee  With the permission of the committee, we have here one of our C executives who is responsible for the analysts in a number of areas who would be available to speak to that directly, if you would allow him to join us at the table. Is that all right? Marcus Pistor is a senior direc

Library of Parliament committee  Thank you very much. Honourable co-chairs, senators and members of the House of Commons, it is a great pleasure to be back before you to present, along with my colleague, the assistant parliamentary librarian Catherine MacLeod. We look forward to hearing your views and advice on