Mr. Chair, I would offer to the member that we're certainly grateful that each department here had the opportunity to participate in the public inquiry on foreign interference. Again, the instances that we saw in this particular election did not meet the threshold, and where we could, we spoke about the instances that we did see.
One of the things we emphasized to Canadians as it relates to the security of their vote was to ensure that on two occasions, during the technical briefings, we shared with Canadians that their votes are secret and their votes are secure. I believe the committee heard last week from the commissioner of elections, and during the technical briefings we often pointed to the measures that our colleagues at Elections Canada were undertaking to ensure that the activities of voting at the polling stations were undertaken securely. We emphasized the nature of foreign interference, which is that foreign interference by hostile state actors is an attempt by a hostile state actor to influence a vote and that the system of voting in Canada ensures that votes are secret and are secure.