Most certainly, your testimony has been very relevant and has cleared up a lot of issues that I think we have struggled with and I think we've heard along our travels, as well. Then we had the minister on Tuesday, along with the staff who drafted this legislation.
It has been particularly worrisome when we look at some of these clauses, the limited access to information, the control of the membership, the control of the chair, the redaction capabilities, all of those things, because it seems in every way that the committee is supposed to function there's a barrier in the way so it can't function.
Most of my questions, actually, were along the same line that were just previously asked, but I would just say, because in listening to the minister—and we're sort of in a bit of a box because the Prime Minister has already appointed a chair, which doesn't instill that transparency and openness piece. So we need to deal with that. The minister is looking at going back to a quasi 2006 U.K. model, because in discussions we asked why we wouldn't use the model of 2013, and he wanted to take baby steps.
Can you give us your best advice in terms of how we proceed? I think everything that you've said here makes perfect sense, in terms of if you want the committee to function as it should function. Given what we have currently, it's impossible for it to function as it should function.
Is there something you can add to the conversation on how we deal with these elements that are already cemented in place?