Thank you, Mr. Housefather.
I will use your 14 seconds.
Witnesses, thanks for being with us today. There were several questions that you were not able to finish. There were also several times when the committee asked if you could provide information back. I hope you will do so as soon as possible.
Before you go, I want to follow up on one of the comments. You're probably aware of what I'm going to talk about. The green book by Bosc and Gagnon is very clear. I want to quote quickly from it. It says, “The Standing Orders do not delimit the power to order the production of papers and records. The result is a broad, absolute power that on the surface appears to be without restriction.”
I have to express my extreme disappointment that this department is one of several from this government that has refused to recognize the supremacy of Parliament and a very clear directive from this committee to provide unredacted documents. I hope you will provide those to us as soon as possible.
That being said, thank you for joining us. I will dismiss the witnesses.
Colleagues, before we suspend, we have a couple of housekeeping points. I need your approval on the following. The first is that, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study of the subject matter of supplementary estimates (C), 2022-23.