Thank you, Chair.
First of all, I want to thank the law clerk for coming to the committee to help us out on this issue.
You talked about the former clerk, Rob Walsh, testifying in 2010 at this very committee, and on similar issues. He said that “there would be limitations on the questions that could be asked. There would be some questions that should properly be directed to the minister and not to the political staff person.”
Do you agree with Mr. Walsh's opinion, and could you expand on what questions would be off limits to ask the staff?