Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Before beginning, I too would like to acknowledge that we are gathered here on the unceded territory of the Algonquin people of the Anishinabe nation.
I have two questions.
Mr. Barnes, I'd like to get back to what you just said.
On the one hand, you worked in the world of security intelligence in Canada, and you also did research into matters related to Canadian history and some of the decisions that were taken. You said that the United Kingdom had adopted a system almost by default. As soon as records are transferred to their national archives, the information in these records becomes public. Nevertheless, for reasons of national security, some records are kept separately.
Can you tell us about your experience as it relates to what happens in the United States? It would be useful to compare Canada's practices to what others do.