It’s a rare thing when political debate in this country changes anyone’s mind. Speeches are not meant to be persuasive; they are delivered to confirm the prejudices of partisans.

Yet, at the parliamentary public safety committee on Thursday, Dominic LeBlanc made a convincing case for not releasing the names of MPs and senators who were named in the redacted National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) report released earlier this week.