Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his excellent speech. He was speaking about the production of documents and going back in history to about 25 years before Confederation with respect to the quotes he used from John A. Macdonald.
He was even able to show, from 1561, that this is how long ago the production of documents was required. I believe he referenced Bates, but he can recall the name of the individual; I probably have it wrong, and I am sure he would have it at his fingertips. Documents are required to be put forward by law.
This is even more pertinent today. Could my colleague expand on that?