Mr. Speaker, I have already answered this question. In fact, the assertions the parliamentary secretary just made are simply not true, because the leader of the Bloc Québécois, when speaking to the media outside of this place, said that he cannot be as frank with people as he was before. I am paraphrasing in English, of course, but it is due to the fact that he has the security clearance and has had the security briefing, and now he is muzzled to a certain degree in what he is able to say.
This is just a red herring put into play by the parliamentary secretary. The Prime Minister can give and authorize a briefing to The Washington Post. If the Prime Minister wants the Leader of the Opposition to know something, he simply has to pick up the phone, call him and tell him what he wants him to know.