Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his questions.
I would like to tell the House that it is important for this bill to be studied in committee.
In reply to my colleague’s questions, it is possible under certain circumstances that our government already has in its possession documents or other information to answer these questions. Depending on the circumstances, there could be a requirement to obtain other documents. There may be another way, though, of protecting the documents. I am open to a discussion.
In regard to the Health Canada officials responsible for protecting the documents, as I told my colleague, it could be other officials.
I expect that as soon as the bill is passed by Parliament, we will draw up an action plan to hire other employees in the future.