Thank you.
In 2000, so 21 years ago, when you appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, you said CSIS was still processing visa applications from abroad manually, which was slow. You also stated that the transition to a computer-based system would speed things up but that computer links abroad gave rise to larger security concerns.
Things have changed. As you know, Canada contracted VFS Global to oversee visa applications in Beijing. The company is backed by a Chinese investment fund and subcontracts the work to a Beijing security company.
I should say right off the bat that CSIS did not even conduct any security checks on the company, which is managing people's personal information.
Do you think the situation is more secure now than it was in 2000?