The question then is, how will things be done differently? The truth of the matter is that I don't believe the government has taken foreign interference activities very seriously, or at least not until this moment. In fact, we heard through the commissioner in the inquiry that Canada is actually way behind the eight ball. Through the witnesses at the inquiry, Canada is way behind the eight ball in comparison with our ally countries. Everyone else is miles ahead of us. We're only just starting to wake up to it.
I guess the question is this: When can parliamentarians receive documentation on how the government intends to proceed, if lessons are indeed learned going forward? Will there be adjustments, for example, with intelligence that's come through? There are instances where I think there is an overreach in the protection of information because of the notion of national security. When will that be adjusted?
There's a third question related to this. Even within the government's very many departments and different set-ups and agencies looking into this matter, there is actually not a coherent process coming out of that. We learned, for example, that the SITE task force did not inform Elections Canada in real time of information they had that a particular candidate may be subject to foreign interference activities. They were not informed of that in real time. Even when a complaint was made, that information was still not shared with Elections Canada.
How is this possible? What will be done to address this litany of mistakes? When will the government undertake an approach that actually connects the dots with all these activities to create a coherent picture?