Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd first like to thank and welcome our new committee members.
Welcome to this committee. We're very happy to have you, and we look forward to working with you today and in the studies moving forward. You're very welcome here.
Thank you to the witnesses for being with us today as well. I really appreciate your expert testimony. This is an excellent study, and we have quite a range of perspectives today.
I want to ask a few questions of Mr. Mandryk.
In the fall, we touched base and did some important work together regarding some offshoring of critical jobs. You touched on this today. They were background technician jobs that were offshored.
In the context of the conversation today, I'm wondering if you can elaborate on the confidence, or lack of confidence, that gives you on how Canada is entering this phase of cybersecurity and data protection. Where do you feel those jobs will land in terms of what should remain within our borders and what we could, perhaps, offshore, if a company chose to do so? I think you're of the opinion that for security reasons and other reasons, these jobs should not have been offshored. Is that correct?