Thank you, Mr. Chair.
In one of the articles you co-authored with Mr. Dallaire, you promote the idea of striking a parliamentary committee that would have access to information classified as secret. That would help members and parliamentarians do their job better. One aspect of their job consists in being able to follow the developments within National Defence more closely. The idea is to make the government more accountable. For instance, we have never had access to the statement of operational requirements for the F-35 aircraft, or to the full results of the original invitation to tender for R & D. The methodology was also not published.
If we wanted to do a study on operational readiness, which is rather complex, do you think the committee should have access to classified information on those situations in order to understand them better? Of course, members would have to undergo security screening and agree not to disclose information.