Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Ms. Telford, for being here.
I want to start off by following up where the Conservatives left off. The Conservatives would have Canadians believe that foreign interference just began in 2019 and that this is a relatively new phenomenon. They would like to find some smoking gun date.
In fact, in your answer, Ms. Telford, you talked about the fact that foreign interference is ongoing, and that's why there are several briefings on the topic. In addition to that, members of the House would have received the 2019 NSICOP annual report, which talks about foreign interference, so they can look at their own dates in terms of when they were notified.
I want to get to the issues around foreign interference and the fact that it's not new.
You mentioned in your opening statement that Canada is a net importer of intelligence. We can look at the situation and what's happening in the U.S. right now. They're having very similar debates about foreign interference and national security information being in the public realm. Some of the comments being made in the U.S. right now are questioning that. If national security information is not held with the care and sensitivity it deserves, in the U.S. context, will allies want to share information with countries that don't treat national security information securely?
As Canada is a net importer of intelligence, the request from the Conservatives to have unredacted documents, to share details of national security information and details of briefings.... Would it not pose a significant risk if Canada no longer took the strong and firm approach of handling national security with the utmost care and sensitivity, as it deserves? Would that put us at risk of not receiving intelligence from, for example, our Five Eyes allies?