Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the minister for coming to the committee today.
Minister LeBlanc, central to the mandate of the foreign interference inquiry and Commissioner Hogue is to find out who knew what and when, and what the government did about it. After much deliberation and push from the NDP, we finally do have this inquiry, which is a good thing. When it was announced, you said in the media, “Justice Hogue will have full access to all relevant cabinet documents, as well as all other information she deems relevant for the purposes of her inquiry”.
The commission is now asking for the unredacted cabinet documents in order to assist them with their work. With regard to the commissioner's asking for this, if they didn't feel it was important for them to fulfill their mandate, they wouldn't ask for it. Would the minister agree with that assessment?