I move that subsection (c) of this amendment be struck. I fail to understand why such a provision is being added here. The special advocates have undergone a security check and they have been chosen precisely because they could be entrusted with secret information and I imagine that they were sworn in and pledged to never reveal any secret information provided to them.
If these special advocates are going to be called upon to intervene in various cases and if the government wants them to form a team that it can trust in matters of security — and I believe that such is the case —, then I see no reason to add this provision. Indeed, this would prevent special advocates from defending various cases. Inevitably, in one case or another, they will be provided with secret information that will not apply in the following case. You are saying that there is a risk of inadvertent disclosure by them of secret information. In my view, this risk always exists.
We are creating this function because, in creating this team, we are going to seek out lawyers having sufficient honesty, integrity, competence and seriousness to keep some information secret. I do not get the point of subclause (c) whatsoever.