Thank you to the witnesses for appearing today.
It's been made clear—you yourself said it, Mr. Vigneault—that the assessment at that time was made; the information was shared and peak communication happened. However, we're constantly learning in a very quickly changing environment that.... Clearly, this is an important matter to raise to show that processes need to change. I appreciate the work that is continuing to be done.
It's important moving forward to think about those bigger issues. I know I'm focused on them. I'm clear in terms of where we need to go as a committee, but the questions I have are within a bigger scope.
I want to talk about the NSICOP report.
There was a shocking confirmation that proxies of Modi's government interfered in two recent Conservative leadership.... This isn't new information. The bureau reported two years ago on a 2022 intelligence assessment by CSIS.
The report stated:
Government of India agents appear to have interfered in the Conservative's 2022 leadership race by purchasing memberships for one candidate while undermining another, and also boasted of funding “a number of politicians at all levels of government,”
The same week, Baaz reported that a Conservative member of Parliament was approached by a Government of India proxy to rescind their support for one of the candidates.
Can you tell this committee, or confirm, that the intelligence taken by CSIS was shared with that NSICOP report?