Mr. Chairman, it is for the reason the hon. member mentions that we are proposing the amendment.
Rather than simply having the minister declare that information must be provided as is required under the convention concerning the possession or acquisition of land mines, we are proposing an amendment that would require us to ask a judge to give a court order after hearing the proper evidence that the requirements of the treaty would outweigh the public interests or privacy interests. We are giving the court the authority to make that judgment, not the minister.