Mr. Speaker, first, the issue raised by the hon. member was a matter of procedures in the wrong place.
As you know, Mr. Speaker, the justification for excluding portions of a document that is made available under the Access to Information Act is appealable to the information commissioner. The hon. member has every right to do so.
As far as the answers that I gave in the House are concerned, I gave answers which stated the justification for the deletions which was used by the person preparing the response to the access to information request, and that is exactly what I said.
Furthermore, I would like to point out that the document in question does address the number, location and security disposition of Canadians in the oil fields in considerable detail. That is the case, and the hon. member knows that is true.
On several occasions rebel groups in the Sudan have made threats against international oil workers. That was the reason that those preparing the response to access to information deleted those passages.
In recognizing the risk to Canadians, I think the hon. member will understand that precautions have been taken to try to ensure, as much as we can, that those individuals are safe.
In any event, I fail to see how this could be a question of privilege. There may be a difference of point of view. You have given the hon. member plenty of latitude, Mr. Speaker, to argue his policy view with respect to activities in the Sudan. That was a whole other question that we had the opportunity to discuss at some length in the committee.
However, if he has difficulty with how an access to information request was handled, I suggest to him and I suggest that the appropriate way to deal with that is by appealing to the information commissioner.