Thank you, Mr. Stanton.
I have a point of information for the committee, because Mr. Stanton used the example of our deliberations with respect to PIPEDA.
Our deliberations with respect to PIPEDA are in camera and they are never made public. The evidence of the witnesses, of course, was public from the beginning and we haven't had a circumstance yet in this committee, while I've been chair, when we've agreed to hear witnesses' evidence in camera and then to release it later. That's not to say it can't be done. I just want you to be clear that the deliberations that a committee takes in deciding the form of its report are not made public, generally. It has happened, but it's only when a committee decides that it will do so. That's just a point of information.
The other point is, as I mentioned before to Mr. Van Kesteren, that the latter portion of his amendment could be seen to be indefinite, virtually. That may not be the intent. So there may be some suggestion that there be some definitiveness to it. Perhaps members could, in their own minds, address this: if the report were to be received by the committee in both official languages on Friday, what would the mover have intended? When would the in camera evidence be made available? For example, would it then be made available at the next meeting of the committee? Or was the mover's intention then to get into a debate about the actual report and not be able to release the in camera evidence until the committee made a decision with respect to that particular report?
So I'm merely pointing out that there's some different and possible interpretations of the mover's motion and I just want members to be clear that this at least is out there. But I did want Mr. Stanton to know that we do not release the deliberations that we ourselves undertake when we're doing a committee report. Those remain private.