Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a) and (b), to the extent that the information that has been requested is protected by solicitor-client privilege, the federal crown asserts that privilege and, in this case, has waived that privilege only to the extent of revealing the total legal cost.
The total legal cost is approximately $381,792.94.
With regard to (c) through (e), a legal agent was not retained to represent the interests of Her Majesty the Queen.
With regard to (f), no formal budget has been established.