Madam Speaker, the member for Brandon—Souris is right. We are talking about a centuries-old tradition that gives Parliament the authority and, in fact, the constitutional authority to call for documents, and virtually the only limitation on this ability to call for documents is that the records have to exist and they have to exist within Canada. It does not matter whether they are written documents or digital documents; these matters are constitutionally obligated when ordered by this House of Commons on behalf of the people of this country to be produced. They must be produced provided they meet those very narrow exclusions about existing within Canada.
However, why is this important? It is important because it is our job as parliamentarians to represent the people in the country and the people are talking to us every day about demanding responses from the tired Liberal government.