Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Minister and officials, for being here today.
I came here today because I'm keenly interested in the issue of foreign interference. I am surprised that we haven't really had much of a focus from opposition colleagues on foreign interference. Perhaps we can come back to the issue of the day.
During my time as a public servant at Public Safety and PCO, under three different prime ministers of different political stripes, I recall there was a substantial level of concern dating back to the time of the McDonald commission around the notion of how we share intelligence. This has plagued Liberal and Conservative governments. No doubt we are here having a similar discussion today.
I think one of the most important things we can establish is how we make sure, in the context of the question of privilege, that we build a safer environment for Canadians.
Minister, when you think about the path forward, what, in your view, are some of the things that need to happen or that are already happening to ensure that we are right in how we address and deal with intelligence and to ensure that we don't conflate the notion of intelligence with actual evidence?