Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Based on our discussions, we will indeed be proposing an amendment to Mr. Cooper's motion. I have in fact already sent it to the clerk, and each member should have a copy in both official languages. There is however one thing that has to be changed: in the second last paragraph, “September 9” should be changed to “August 9”. That correction should be made before the amendment is distributed to the members. We discussed it during the negotiations, and everyone agreed.
Mr. Cooper's motion is long, but I will nevertheless take the time to read out the amended version so that we understand the changes properly:
That, in relation to its Order of Reference of Thurday, May 9, 2024, regarding the prima facie contempt concerning the People's Republic of China's cyber attack against members of Parliament, the committee: a) make use, for the purposes of this study: (i) the evidence received during its study on foreign election interference; (ii) the evidence received during its study of the prima facie contempt concerning the intimidation campaign orchestrated by Wei Zhao against the Member of Wellington-Halton Hills and other Members; and (iii) the evidence received by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics during its study on foreign interference, provided that it shall not limit the witnesses who may appear before the committee or the questions which may be asked of them; b) deem the public evidence, including testimony and documents publicly available on the website of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions and pertaining to cyberattacks to have been received by this committee and may be used in its reports, provided that it shall not limit the witnesses who may appear before the committee or the questions which may be asked of them or the documents which may be requested or ordered to be produced by the committee; c) invite the following witnesses to appear: (i) the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs; (ii) the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence and former Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; (iii) the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, former Minister of National Defence; (iv) the Honourable Anita Anand, former Minister of National Defence;
We have removed the Honourable Marco Mendicino's name since he is a former Minister of Public Safety. Continuing now:
(v) panels of impacted Canadian members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China who wish to appear, provided that no more than three members shall appear on each panel, for one hour per panel; (vi) Eric Janse, the Clerk of the House of Commons, by himself, for one hour, to discuss parliamentary privilege considerations; (vii) Michel Bédard, the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons, by himself, for one hour, to discuss parliamentary privilege and the production of documents; (viii) officials of the House of Commons Administration, by themselves, for two hours, to discuss information technology and cybersecurity considerations, provided that one hour shall be in camera; (ix) the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons; (x) officials of the Communications Security Establishment, by themselves, for two hours, provided that one hour shall be in camera; (xi) officials of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, by themselves, for two hours, provided that one hour shall be in camera; (xii) Nathalie Drouin, Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister; (xiii) Vincent Rigby, former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, alone, for one hour;
(xiv) David Morrison, former Acting National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister; (xv) Jody Thomas, former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister; (xvi) officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, alone, for two hours, provided that one hour shall be in camera; (xvii) officials of the Secretariat of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, by themselves, for one hour; (xviii) academics, information technology and cybersecurity experts, and other witnesses requested by the committee, provided that the parties shall file their preliminary lists of witnesses within 10 days of the adoption of this motion; d) order the production of all Canadian memoranda, briefing notes, e‑mails, records of conversations, and any other relevant documents, including any drafts, which are in the possession of any government department or agency between January 2021 and December 2022, including the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force, the Critical Election Incident Protocol Panel, relevant minister's office, or the House of Commons Administration, containing information concerning cyberattacks and efforts to conduct cyberattacks against Members of the House of Commons by Advanced Persistent Threat 31 (APT 31) and related entities, provided that:
Here we have removed the list of documents but added the following:
(i) the departments and agencies tasked with gathering these documents apply redactions according to the Access to Information and Privacy Act; (ii) these redacted documents be deposited as soon as possible, but not later than Friday, August 9, 2024, with the clerk of the committee to be distributed to all members of the committee in both official languages; (e) report its findings to the House not later than Friday, December 13, 2024 and that pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government table a comprehensive response to the report.
That is the proposed amendment to Mr. Cooper's motion, Mr. Chair.