I think your question actually demonstrates what I see as an issue around the table. I was trying to get clarity as to what information an oath of secrecy gives us. How does the oath of secrecy make this committee's operation different from others for me as an individual, both in what I have access to and also in terms of what I can share?
The whole point of this was merely to say we took an oath of secrecy. I'd like to know what exactly that allows us access to, because that's not a normal practice of the committee and it's not something we asked the clerks when they were here.
I thought this would be a rather quick motion. It was really to try to get that single clarity, because when I have discussions with individuals or in our groups, I feel that there's a very different understanding around the table on what the oath of secrecy's impact is for the work that we're doing. As I describe it to some of my colleagues at the table, I want to know what the baseline is, and that's what the law clerks' opinion would be in writing.
I leave it to the committee. It's a suggestion and a motion I put forward.