Thank you, Chair.
I wanted to clarify that I was on the public safety committee when NSICOP was formed, and the reason we created this committee was specifically to deal with documents exactly like this.
Ms. Kwan is absolutely correct that there is party representation from all parties currently. I know that the Conservative Party doesn't always like this committee and did withdraw their members at one point, but it's my understanding that they do have members on it at present. The committee does provide reports to the public safety committee annually, so I would invite Mr. Chong or Mr. Ruff to attend when the chair of the committee, Mr. McGuinty, attends, if they have questions they'd like to ask him.
The committee was created specifically so that we could have a committee deal with issues and documents that cause a national security concern, and that's why they undergo a special swearing-in. They're sworn to secrecy and they have a number of security measures in place for the members and the committee itself and for the people who work for the committee, so it's very different.
I think it's important to recognize that this isn't sloughing it off and that NSICOP is there for a valid reason and it is the right place. As Ms. Kwan said, if we don't get confirmation from government officials by Monday that there are national security concerns, then this is a moot point, but I've been assured that we will, and I think we need to take government officials at their word as well.
I'll leave it at that, because I don't think we need to belabour this too long.