I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Denis, thank you so much for being here.
I just want to make sure that when the time comes for questions, we're all respectful of the limits that I think exist for the law clerk. At some level maybe Mr. Denis can help the chair in this point, but the point is that the law clerk has an extraordinarily unique position in terms of being legal counsel at multiple levels—the House as a whole; committees, including this one; the Board of Internal Economy; and individual MPs, including the 23 MPs.
So I would simply ask, as a point of order, if the chair would be willing to convey this and maybe ask Mr. Denis that if he feels at any point his professional obligations with multiple representation will in any way be compromised, or that he will have a hard time answering for that reason, he should feel free to say, “I can't answer for that reason”.