Mr. Chair, I think we should all recognize that Mr. Guimont is a trusted public servant, who not only has our confidence, but has earned our confidence. If he can do this, he will.
But also, I'll send a message not to Mr. Guimont but to the government. God forbid, should some provocative cyber-security threat occur, should the government ever stand up and claim they are spending x amount of money on cyber-security, when they know it's not true, because they can't tell a parliamentary committee how much they're spending on cyber-security. I would not want to walk in the government's shoes, that being the case.
So let's trust the public servant to come forward. If he can provide the information in a timely way, great. If he can't, because it's simply a task...the Auditor General has said he has records and files that may assist him. If there comes a point the department cannot provide this information, we can ask the Auditor General what information he flowed to them. But at the moment, a request has been made. Let's see if we can provide....