Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Stewart.
On that, had you ignored the advice of the national security intelligence community or the experts on that part of the redaction and released unredacted documents in open-source format, are there any provisions to prevent, say, China, Russia, Iran or any other foreign national governments from also accessing that national security information, once it is publicly released?
The point I am making here, Mr. Chair, and my question to you, Mr. Stewart, is whether there would be any safety protections once those documents are released. The Conservatives continue to make the argument that Canadians have to see this information. They fail to point out, however, that the law Mr. Stewart is referring to in terms of national security protections is in place because it's not just Canadians' eyes seeing this information. Once it's in an open-source or unsecured format, it's actually bad actors around the world who would love to see Canada's national security and intelligence information.
Mr. Stewart, had you ignored the law and the advice of national security experts, would there be any protections against other bad actors, or governments around the world, gaining access to Canada's national security and intelligence information?
Do you have any powers that would have prevented that broader access once it was in open-source format?