Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Since I was not present for the debate, I thought that the discussion this morning on paragraphs 5 and 6 was relevant and instructive. It is in that context that I consider Mr. Lukiwski's addendum to be constructive.
I would say to Ms. DeBellefeuille that a distinction is made with regard to information and documents; information related to a cabinet secret may be made public and accessible, as opposed to cabinet documents that remain secret. I found that interesting because this clarifies paragraphs 17 and 18. In fact this improves paragraph 18. Paragraph 17 stresses that it is important that cabinet confidences be protected, without “preventing parliamentarians from obtaining the information they needed to make decisions.” However, what Mr. Lukiwski's comment adds is that this may be information derived from a cabinet decision and document, but it still may be information that is accessible to the public. I find that constructive. I think that it reinforces and better explains the importance for Parliament of having access to information while ensuring, of course, that this does not involve cabinet documents. In my opinion it reinforces members' rights to have access to information that derives from cabinet decisions. In that way, this appears to me to be a constructive proposal.
I would add that there could be issues more in the “buildup”, or in putting forward the information necessary to arrive at the opinions that must be formed.