I find it interesting that you seek the permission of third parties and take that as instruction when the House of Commons has legally instructed you to produce the documents and you refuse to. This is a serious problem. The erosion of trust that this creates, that Canadians cannot trust government when government refuses to do what the people who are elected to represent them have asked to be executed on, when it is legal and reasonable for it to be done—and your department refuses because your department says they know better—is unacceptable.
You said that you don't speak for the other departments, but you came here today, sir, offering statements on behalf of all but one other department. That's why you're receiving my questions, as the spokesperson—