I have a just few points, Mr. Fortin. Thank you.
First, I feel that the text is a little misleading. It says, “though the order was silent on authorized redactions”. The text of the order may not reference redactions, but I have extensive memory about the discussions that went into our preparation for that motion. We talked quite openly about the possibility of redactions occurring. I felt it was understood by all of the members of this committee that there would very likely be redactions based on a number of types of privilege that can be asserted. That's the first point.
The second point is that I feel that burrowing into some of these redactions has the potential to derail the work of this committee to a great extent, especially since we're trying to work on a timely basis to address what we need to do to fulfill our statutory mandate.
Based on that, my last point is that I would be in favour of voting down this motion as it's currently worded.