Thank you, Mr. Opitz.
Yes, I think to broaden this discussion we need to look at it initially in a historical context. The RCMP and CSIS, and expanding out into other groups, like all organizations, are not immune to cultural barriers.
Since you mentioned my Washington days, there's a saying that intelligence begins at the local level and it works all the way up to the national level. Within that context, we are constrained by silos. Each organization, as a function of its culture, operates individually. Something that Professor Perchal and I work closely on is trying to break down these silos so that the RCMP, CSIS, and CBSA can all talk to each other.
In my days working in the disaster and emergency management field, we had a saying: “The time to exchange business cards is not when the disaster occurs,but well before that.”
I think as a very initial first step, the agencies need to start talking to each other, which I think, based on plenty of information that's available in the open source, is something they are not doing.