I don't want to put you in a position of going beyond the focus of this meeting, but it is clear that the Speaker of the House of Commons has found a prima facie question of privilege on this matter because of the failure to produce certain unredacted documents. To see an excuse being used that is clearly not relevant to the documents in the House order is quite concerning from the standpoint of this committee and from the standpoint of Parliament as a whole.
There's a phrase that's often used that Parliament is the “grand inquest of the nation”. Part of that is that we are able to compel the production of documents and require witnesses to appear before this House. From a constitutional standpoint, from the standpoint of the grand inquest of the nation, can you explain to this committee why it's important that those privileges, those important rights of Parliament, be maintained for us to fulfill our duties as parliamentarians?