Mr. Chair, if I have a question for the witness, I'll direct one to him, but if he wants to interrupt, I'd encourage him to run for Parliament. At that point, he might have the opportunity to learn a little bit about the powers of Canada's Parliament to send for persons and papers, which were just clearly articulated by the parliamentary law clerk.
Sir, the redactions that have been offered by the PCO and other departments are absolutely ridiculous. This committee agreed to take these documents, receive them, review them in confidence and then make any redactions that were necessary.
To claim that McKinsey is the one that requires the documents to be redacted, when it has furnished the committee with all of its documents in an unredacted fashion, puts you at odds with the very same organization that you're professing to protect.
In fact, it appears like there is political coordination by the Prime Minister's Office, through your department, to ensure that there is not compliance with the laws of this country. How can you explain, other than the ministers' giving their departments direction to defy the law? How can you justify what other rationale you have arrived at that gives you the right to disregard the absolute authority, the legal authority, the constitutionally tested authority, for the documents that have been requested of you to be tabled with this committee?
That was a question.