Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Yes, there is precedence for the law clerk doing this kind of work. However, at the moment, based on the way the motion is written, the law clerk will probably have to come back to the committee in order to get some parameters before doing the redaction itself. Right now, it is clear that the law clerk will probably get back to the committee on that.
One point also I'd like to raise, if I may, Mr. Chair, is that the motion doesn't state that the government should provide the document in both official languages, which could be quite important in order for the law clerk to redact, but would be getting all the documents already bilingual from the department itself.
The law clerk has already done that in the past, but usually there are some kinds of criteria given to him. Right now, it's possible the law clerk will get back to the committee saying, “Okay, I've received documents. How exactly do you want me to redact them?”