Speaking to the motion, it is important that we recognize a number of facts. First, the President of the Treasury Board has met with the PBO to affirm his full support in getting the documents that can be made available to the PBO in a timely fashion. That is being undertaken. The President of the Treasury Board could confirm that undertaking.
Second, it is important for us to recognize that there are certain documents subject to cabinet confidence. This isn't a novel idea. It's something that every government has done since the creation of Parliament.
Third, we were given a significant amount of information with the letter requested by the President of the Treasury Board, and we haven't even reviewed it. It went to PBO, but we haven't undertaken a review of that documentation, so I'm not certain that this is reflective of the facts. Obviously the opposition is here simply to make a political statement, and they're able to do that, but we should move on with the business of this committee's responsibility, and that's to move the estimates that are deemed to be considered by this committee.