It's interesting, this concept of sharp power. I hadn't heard that before, so I will look into that after this. If you have any information, please don't hesitate to send it.
With regard to our work in the G7, we are leading the Rapid Response Mechanism secretariat that will be hosted at Global Affairs Canada, which is looking at open source data to establish, first of all, a baseline when it comes to how social media is being manipulated with regard to foreign interference in specific domestic activities, although it could also be with regard to, for example, elements of Canada's foreign policy that create spikes.
When we engaged with the White Helmets in Syria, for example, there was evidence of interference from foreign actors who were trying to polarize the debate or spread misinformation in that regard.
This is also in line with our work as a member of NATO. NATO has the Strategic Communications Centre, which is actively looking at these items. Canada hosted NATO StratCom in the fall and provided an opportunity for our media partners to engage with them and to learn about some of the foreign interference activities that have taken place. NATO does this in all of its member countries, and it's open to the media to participate, should they be interested.
We're also a member of the Five Eyes, and as such we share information with regard to foreign threats and interference into our democracies. This is something that we, as western democracies and like-minded countries, talk about quite a lot. I have personally had conversations with counterparts in France, the U.K., Germany, Ukraine, Latvia, Australia and the list goes on and on and on, because this is something that all of us are taking very seriously. We've seen, time and time again, different instances in which there has been evidence of foreign interference in the elections of like-minded countries and allies.
That being said, we're still assessing the impact of that interference.