Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I understand we will be discussing this notice of motion next week. I understand also that Mr. Chong stood up in the House yesterday and said he was hoping that PROC would deal with this before the House rises.
However, Mr. Vigneault, I want to get clarity, because we've been receiving conflicting information with respect to some of these briefings.
The motion with respect to the opposition motion in February 2021 ended up flagging the subcommittee members on human rights. An IMU was prepared in May 2021, which you mentioned did not reference the name or identify Mr. Chong. However, that prompted a briefing from CSIS with Mr. Chong on June 24, 2021—a defensive briefing. Subsequent to that, Mr. Chong initiated three meetings with CSIS: August 5, 2021, February 25, 2022 and July 18, 2022.
Madam Henderson, you mentioned that part of bringing defensive briefings to members of Parliament is to educate them and their staff on some of the tactics used by state actors.
Would you say that it could be accurate that CSIS was trying to solicit information from Mr. Chong to augment the intelligence you were gathering?