Okay.
My colleague from Davenport just said that, if documents hadn't been provided, no one would have noticed. She just told us this. I hope that this wasn't the government's intention when it decided that officials would redact the documents. Personally, I'm concerned about this. I believe that the responsibility for determining the relevance of the documents lies with the committee or with the law clerk and parliamentary counsel, and not with outsiders.
That's why, Mr. Dufresne, I'd like to expand on my last question about whether, based on your knowledge and experience, this type of redaction is common practice.
I'll quote Mr. Shugart, whom you know. He said the following in the committee: “... I started the ball rolling in the system, and if people had questions, doubts, trouble interpreting the instructions, the departments could ask the Privy Council Office for a judgment call. In that sense, yes, and ultimately, I am responsible.”
I'm wondering whether you find it odd that the most senior official in the Prime Minister's department asked the different departments to redact the documents. Is that a common practice?