I think you summarized the tension very nicely. Obviously, there are other risks that arrive with being more specific. I think Minister Goodale indicated that he was willing to look at whatever suggestions the committee might come up with in terms of alternate language. I think there are definitely some possibilities there.
I would make three points just in terms of clause 16, which was the subject of the earlier questions. First of all, it is a ministerial discretion. So assuming that the threshold and the task stays exactly the way it is right now, the minister of the crown who is responsible for the agency in question has to sign off that that standard has been met in the circumstances.
Second, if the committee is not satisfied with how that exception is being applied consistently across a period of time, they can make note of that in the report. Those are clear checks and balances that exist in the system.
My third point is just a clarification that the one reference to special operational information is defined in the Security of Information Act. So there is some precision around that particular term, but I take your earlier point that there are a number of the other thresholds that are cast at a higher level.