Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I agree, and I support the fact that we need to be seen to be transparent, but I do take issue with the statement that people have lost trust in their government. I make specific efforts to reach out to my constituents, and that's not what I'm hearing from my constituents. What I am hearing from my constituents is that they would like to have things go forward.
When it comes to the email issue, I think a number of those discussions would be covered by briefing notes and memoranda, and that would satisfy the information that's being sought as well.
I know that a statement was also made that it would be very easy to search your emails, but I think that in situations like this it's the text of the messages that would be the key item. You can't simply search by sender and receiver. I don't believe that any of this can be delegated to someone else. Back to one of the earlier points, we're taking people away from an important job, and that job is to deal with and to respond to what the community needs today.
I would be supportive of removing emails. Again, it's because I believe the briefing notes and the memoranda will satisfy the information that we're seeking, and it does not in any way infringe upon transparency. In fact, I think it's a matter that would undermine the trust of government to suggest there are things there that shouldn't be brought forward. I believe the information we need, the information we're seeking, is going to be available without including the emails, so I will be voting in support of that motion.