Madam Morin, let me also read from our committee book, just to enlarge on this matter. I will give you extra time so that my clerk can take a look at that.
The O'Brien book says:...committees ordinarily accept the reasons that a public servant gives for declining to answer a specific question or series of questions which involve the giving of a legal opinion, which may be perceived as a conflict with the witness' responsibility to the Minister, which are outside of their own area of responsibility, or which might affect business transactions.
Those are the ones listed. I'm not certain if any of those would apply to you, Mr. Davies, but let me say to you and to our witness that we will leave it up to you as to the questions you choose to answer and not answer, based on that.
Go ahead, Madame Mourani.