That's an extremely important issue. I see a lot of areas where China is intervening illegally. As I said earlier, this country is taking advantage of the openness of our systems, but it's also figured out how to use our social media, like Twitter, Facebook and Linkedln, to spread misinformation and try to interfere in our political systems.
This is an issue that should involve many departments, and we need to start by being much more vigilant and agreeing that there's a problem. Then we need to look at how we can counter it. Can technology be used? I don't know if a national coordinator position would be helpful. Of course, it would send a message that this is an important issue for the government.
That said, if you look at China's cyber-activities, it's engaged in intellectual property theft, interference in our political systems, and attacks on Canada's freedom of speech and democratic system. So we need to look at this situation carefully. I hope that the task force established at the University of Ottawa to look at these issues will provide recommendations that will be of interest to the government.