I agree with Ms. Kwan in the sense that the cabinet documents that considered policy choices, legislative options and so on around foreign interference were the four documents that were given to the commission. Those were the times when I and my predecessors went to cabinet with specific proposals around strengthening our democracy, so those documents were shared.
I don't want to be technical with Ms. Kwan, but no government—and it's a fundamental principle of a Westminster parliamentary system—since Confederation will evacuate cabinet confidence to somebody other than the sitting head of the government. In this case it's the Prime Minister personally, as it was when Mr. Mulroney waived cabinet confidence, when Pierre Elliott Trudeau did so with respect to the McDonald commission in the 1970s, and when the current Prime Minister did with respect to the Hogue commission. That is well known. It is very clear in the terms of reference, Mr. Chair, that protecting solicitor-client privilege and cabinet confidence was well understood.
Now, the back-and-forth process will obviously allow the Hogue commission to do the important work that I agree with Ms. Kwan they need to do.