I'd like to say thanks to both of you. It's terrific to have such eminent experts in front of us. I have only seven minutes, so I'm going to jump right in, starting with Mr. Atkey.
I just wrote down very quickly what I thought were some of the amendments to the bill that you thought were appropriate. Based on your experience in cabinet, and as the chair of SIRC, and with the Arar commission, do you think the following would strengthen this bill? I have the following five recommendations from what I think was in your testimony.
First, remove paragraph 8(b) that allows a minister to block investigations injurious to national security.
Second, narrow or remove the discretionary power of ministers to withhold information from the oversight committee.
Third, amend subsection 21(5) to require that any use of the redaction powers of the Prime Minister be transparent; in other words, so Canadians can see how much information was removed or revised and for what specific reasons.