I agree with what my colleagues have said.
Thank you for an important question, Mr. Cooper.
I have just one point to add in terms of the dissemination of information.
In the previous hearings with previous witnesses, we have tried to get at what exact information was disseminated, in particular what information was disseminated to House of Commons administration. The government's communication on this has said that “the information”—implying all the information—was given to House of Commons administration.
I pursued this matter with Ms. Xavier, from CSE. I asked her if the House of Commons administration was informed that the source of the threat was APT31.
She chose her words very carefully. I didn't actually notice what she was doing until I read over the testimony afterwards. She said, in response to one of my questions, “As part of the various meetings and the reports we provided, we were able to share with the House of Commons IT security staff what we believed at the time to be the originating source of the threat.”
Then I followed up that she had shared with them that it was APT31 and at that point she refused to answer. She said we should go in camera and various other points.
She said she shared what they thought was the source of the threat, but she never actually said they shared that the source of the threat was APT31, so there are big questions. I think there's a little bit of sleight of hand being attempted by officials about what information was actually shared, especially with House of Commons administration.