Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Madam Clerk, I believe it essential for the members to be provided with guidelines and to meet in camera with a great deal of caution. Personally, I believe that when we receive witnesses—and I'm not talking about those times when we are only meeting amongst ourselves, that is, among members—and they are told that it will be an in camera meeting, this promise has been made by representatives of Parliament. To take away this in camera condition, this confidentiality, I think that we must obtain the consent of the witnesses, no matter what was discussed. I don't know what circumstances would warrant the release of in camera deliberations without the consent of those individuals present.
With regard to members meeting in camera, in my opinion, if we release in camera deliberations, we must do so with the consent of the same members who asked for the in camera meeting and not the consent of their substitutes, which sometimes occurs in committees. The individual who requested that a meeting be in camera, who spoke during that meeting, must agree to release the transcripts of the in camera meeting. In my opinion, it should be unanimous. Perhaps you have other arguments that will make me change my mind.