One of the reasons I ask is that the clerk made very clear that the process employed in redacting the information was free of political interference, and that it had been carried out by the non-partisan public service.
I'm curious. According to the motion that called for you to be invited, the purpose of your appearance here today was for you to testify as to the compliance with the July 7 motion. You say it's your view that the government was not required to produce materials that were subject to cabinet confidence. Can you confirm that you are of the view that the government was entitled to make those redactions, and do you have any reason to believe those redactions were done in an inappropriate way?