Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'll make very short introductory remarks.
I am here with three colleagues who have been introduced, so I won't go through that with you.
I assumed the role of national security and intelligence adviser on January 11, 2022. It is a position designed to provide coordinated, non-partisan advice to the Prime Minister through the Clerk of the Privy Council. The role includes coordinating the national security and intelligence community and providing a challenge function, like all deputy secretaries do at PCO.
The National Security Intelligence Advisor oversees four secretariats: Security and Intelligence, Foreign and Defence Policy—