Mr. Chairman, I put that in because I wished to put in all of the evidence showing that the questions raised in the open government act had been vetted by a large number of organizations. They had been vetted by the parliamentary committee, they had been vetted by the Conservative Party, and they had been vetted by Judge Gomery, and that was to be the policy of the government. I wanted to make sure that everybody understood that these proposals really were not for debate any more, but that there had been a consensus reached on them, and that we anticipated that would be the way in which the government would proceed. So to make sure that everybody had the facts in hand, I did use the material.
You should know that in previous reports, the honourable member there has criticized me for having referred to a former prime minister who had made comments about doing things in access to information, and I had reported that as well.