I totally agree that everything will go smoothly until December 31. In fact, that's what I'm hoping for too, and I'm confident we'll succeed.
You're a politician, you're a very effective person when it comes to understanding public policy issues. So you'll understand that I'm not responsible for what certain colleagues are going to say to the Globe and Mail, and I'm not talking about the Bloc Québécois. Unfortunately, if that's the assessment we wish to make of the situation, I'm afraid that colleagues may go overboard and say things to other media, perhaps even to the Globe and Mail.
As Ms. Drouin reminded us just a few moments ago, it's important that cabinet, the council of ministers, not discuss any particular incident of foreign interference. If there are further questions on this subject, Ms. Drouin will be able to elaborate later. It's important for people to understand that, when the council of ministers meets, it doesn't go into the details of an incident involving country X trying to interfere in some particular way somewhere. That's a matter for the individual ministers. These matters are dealt with by the various ministers involved, under their authority, but there are no cabinet documents that deal with incidents or that mention specific information on actual or alleged incidents of foreign interference.
If we're lucky, Ms. Drouin will be able to give us some extraordinary explanations on this subject, I'm sure.