Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to Ms. Drouin and Minister LeBlanc for appearing before us.
Mr. Chair, this is a public meeting, as I think everyone knows, and I'm sure the public has noted the enthusiasm with which Mr. LeBlanc is here today to speak to us, but I think I'll direct my question to Ms. Drouin.
Again, because this is a public meeting, on some of these terms that we're throwing around—from cabinet confidence to solicitor-client privilege—I wonder if you could reflect a bit for us on why cabinet confidence is important. This is a practice, as Mr. LeBlanc has noted, in Commonwealth parliaments around the world, and it has been practised for a century and a half in our country. Why it is important? What are the risks associated to national security in providing unfettered access to classified documents and waiving of cabinet confidence?
Maybe a reflection, as well, on solicitor-client privilege, just so the public can really understand this and this can perhaps be a learning moment....