I would indeed. There are very significant secrecy protection issues involved in a judicial inquiry that might look specifically at intelligence operations, and ongoing intelligence operations, which would be at the heart of any judicial inquiry specifically focused on Chinese foreign interference.
I also think it's important for the public to understand some other things about judicial inquiries, and I say that in the context of having been engaged in three of them over the past two decades: the Arar inquiry, headed by Justice O'Connor, dealing with matters to do with the treatment of Mr. Arar and, in particular, the RCMP's involvement in that; the Air India inquiry, headed by Justice Major; and, most recently, the Rouleau commission, which looked into the “freedom convoy”, for which I wrote a paper on intelligence and took part in the policy round tables.
Judicial inquiries are a great thing. They're an important instrument, but they're not always fit for every purpose. It's important for Canadians to understand that judicial inquiries are not designed to move at speed. Judicial inquiries take time. They're meant to take time. They're deep dives. They're surrounded by a judicial framework. They're quasi-judicial in nature in terms of their proceedings, with many parties potentially having standing, and, as you know, being able to cross-examine witnesses.