When I read Professor Franks' article, “The Dilemma of the Standing Committees of the Canadian House of Commons,” I was most disappointed at his perfunctory dismissal in less than half a sentence of the research services provided by the Library of Parliament. The sentence concerned, which is to be found on page 469, begins as follows: “The library, which prepares bibliographies and other background material, suffers from being ‘so anxious to be neutral that they are often bland.’”