Thank you very much for the question.
I'm happy to highlight, in English for you, that the type of technology and equipment that was acquired and procured under the standing offer over the last number of years was in relation to our radio systems. The purpose of the technology is to help to reduce interference. The equipment itself is made up of tin and metal rods and cable. I will defer to my colleagues from the RCMP to explain how it is that those materials are able to reduce interference.
I also want to take a moment to underscore for you and for all members of this committee—because I know the question has been posed—that there was no way for this particular equipment to in any way interfere or make its way into the radio communications between RCMP members and various dispatch units. That is also protected by the standard, the two-way encryption standard, which is set by the Communications Security Establishment. That is one of the reasons the RCMP has assessed—and we are confident—that there was no breach of security in this process.