Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank all of our guests for joining us tonight. I know this is a complex issue that is not always straightforward.
This weekend, some sort of a balloon flew over North America with impunity, from the northwest to the southeast, until it reached the Atlantic Ocean and the Americans decided to shoot it down. This incident caught our imagination: we are talking about a Chinese balloon flying across our territory.
However, there was not much of a response by the government. Yet, we are talking about a foreign government opening police stations here. It was also recently reported that the Chinese government funded political candidates in the last general election, which is interference in Canada's democratic system.
We are under the impression that Canada is a sieve when it comes to foreign interference. Do you think Canada is a sieve, Minister?