Madam Chair, members of the committee, good afternoon.
As indicated, my name is Tim Hahlweg. I'm the assistant director of requirements at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
Among other things, my directorate is responsible for the analysis of intelligence that CSIS collects on threats to the security of Canada. Our intelligence assessments and advice are provided to government to inform decision-making.
I want to thank you very much for the invitation to participate in the committee’s study of the Investment Canada Act.
I want to begin by briefly outlining CSIS's mandate, which is to investigate activities suspected of constituting a threat to the security of Canada, to advise the Government of Canada on such threats and to take measures to reduce these threats. Threats to the security of Canada are defined in section 2 of the CSIS Act as espionage or sabotage, an influenced activity, terrorism and subversion of government through violence.
As discussed in our recent public report, state-sponsored economic—