Finance committee  That would be the same answer, Chair.

Finance committee  It's the same answer.

Finance committee  It's the same answer, Chair.

Finance committee  As to quantification, it's the same answer.

Finance committee  Indeed he can.

Finance committee  I may not have all of the facts at my fingertips, Mr. Chair, because I understood that the purpose of this afternoon's session was the discussion of cabinet confidences generally speaking. Our internal rough estimate, however, is that less than 2.5% of all of the information provided to the committee was redacted on the basis of relevance, and that about 1% was redacted because of cabinet confidentiality.

Finance committee  No, I don't have a number today. I assume that will be clear in the law clerk's examination of the documents we're providing.

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Chair. I am glad to be here again. The last time we went straight into questions, but given the subject matter, I do have a statement to begin with, which I hope will be helpful. It has been provided to the committee in the two official languages. I was asked to discuss generally the cabinet confidence exclusions to public disclosure.

Information & Ethics committee  Happily.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not aware of those details.

Information & Ethics committee  I have complete confidence in my colleagues. No one can bear those responsibilities without a team or without interactions between the various components of our oversight system. We work with that dependence all the time. That is why we are constantly seeking to improve our systems, whether it is the legislative system or the procedural system.

Information & Ethics committee  We are providing a list. I know that Universities Canada was involved in some meetings, the AFN.... There were other groups that were consulted early on with respect to the—

Information & Ethics committee  The record will show that, Chair. I would say as early as April.

Information & Ethics committee  I have not seen that communication, Chair.

Information & Ethics committee  Chair, I'm not prepared to support that construction of events. I have not seen that correspondence, but I think the testimony of officials does not support that construction of events.