Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his remarks, but I do not agree with him, particularly when it comes to waiving confidentiality.
We just received a letter from the former attorney general and minister of justice. She rose in the House to explain why she would not be voting on an NDP motion calling for a public inquiry. She said that she must and hoped to speak her truth as soon as possible.
In the letter we just received, she stated that she cannot appear before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights because the Prime Minister did not want to waive confidentiality, which would allow the former minister to testify and speak her truth. That is extremely serious.
The Prime Minister said that we should take the word of the Clerk of the Privy Council. The clerk stated that there was nothing to prevent the former justice minister and attorney general from speaking about this file.
Therefore, does my colleague not believe that the Clerk of the Privy Council is right and that waiving confidentiality is not a complex matter?