Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As my colleague has indicated, Mr. Shea, it looks like you are now speaking on behalf of at least the group that's been here, excluding Mr. Leduc. Naturally, you can sense the frustration within our committee. We are frustrated, we are somewhat confused and we are disappointed.
We are frustrated, because we've asked a number of times, through verbal and other communication, for what specifically we are asking the departments to provide. We are also frustrated when we see that McKinsey is providing all unredacted documents, yet we are challenged with being able to get the same level of information from our own departments. We're confused, as we are hearing two sides of the interpretation, at least, one by the parliamentary law clerk and the other one by you—I'll provide an opportunity to you shortly—of the authority that the committee has. We're disappointed, because now we're investing at least two meetings over something that we believe could have been avoided.
Before I direct my line of questioning to you, sir, there was a question on whether you were directed by anyone specifically in the Prime Minister's Office to not provide any documents or to provide unredacted documents. I think you said no, but I just want to quickly go around the table on that and get a quick yes or no.
I'll start with you, Mr. Matthews.