I should clarify, because at no point did I say that the clerk would side with the government on something that you said just now. What is important, and what I did say, was with regard to the fact that there would be a panel of five individuals who are senior public servants. They would be notified by the heads of the relevant national security agencies.
Should those heads of the national security agencies have sufficient reason to believe that there is an incident that merits their attention, that is of sufficient value, that it would impede the ability for free and fair elections, coming from a foreign threat, this panel of five would have to make a collective decision based on consensus as to whether or not they are going to inform the public
At the same time, all of the major political parties represented in the House of Commons, their leaders and up to three of their senior staff of their choosing will receive security clearances. They will all be briefed at the same time in terms of what is going on, so that we have transparency with regard to that and so that they have all of the same information coming to them. That is a very important element of this to ensure that everyone is getting information at the same time.