Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would have liked to respond to my colleague from Vimy with regard to the best way to do things. Here, it's all about trust. It's a matter of trusting the committee, but also trusting the elected officials, by extension, who represent Quebeckers and Canadians. We can see that it has become a standard practice for officials to make redactions. Instead, we should trust our elected officials. We should have confidence in their ability to protect confidential information.
In his remarks, Mr. Dufresne outlined five ways for the committee to protect confidential information. Why not use these options? I don't have all the figures. However, we heard that about 15% of the documents were redacted. I'm concerned about this. I think that the committee orders documents to be produced, not the Prime Minister or his office. As I just said, there are ways for the committee to protect confidential information.
Mr. Dufresne, we heard about 5,000 pages of documents related to the WE scandal. Of course, the committee didn't ask for all these documents to be produced. However, if it had done so and had analyzed all the documents in camera, to ensure confidentiality, of course, do you think that it would have found additional relevant information? Again, the committee must determine whether the information is relevant to its study.