Thank you, Chair.
Again, there is a lot to debate on that issue, without question. I simply can't engage in that debate at this moment. I am bound by the privilege, the solicitor-client privilege. When I say that, I mean I will honestly do my best to answer every question that parliamentarians or other folks put to me, but if part of that answer requires the invocation of solicitor-client privilege, until I get direction from the client, I have to respect that.
It's not only within my role as a government lawyer, but it's also my role as a member in good standing of a bar association. I have to be concerned. Members of the committee who are members of bar societies and law societies have to know that any breach or perception of a breach of the solicitor-client privilege will be challenged by the bar society.