Thank you, Mr. Togneri.
As I had indicated to the committee at the last meeting, and again today, the opinion of the law clerk of Parliament, which, incidentally, mirrors the decision of the Speaker of the House with regard to the Afghan detainee documents, reaffirms the full authority of Parliament to call for persons, papers, or records, and that that authority of Parliament and of the House of Commons has been delegated to all standing committees, including this one.
We have the full authority. That is the opinion of the clerk. Also, as I had indicated to the committee, I have spoken directly to the Information Commissioner. Your words about any matter on anything is not exactly what it says here. It says with regard to the questions or the answers that you gave.
We don't know what those questions or answers are. What we do know is that the proceeding will take months, maybe years, before it's finished, and it would be unreasonable to deal with that. So I've made a ruling on that, and I thank you for your input, but we're going to proceed. As I had indicated, I encourage you to answer the questions.
Mr. Easter, please, for seven minutes.