I think you've understood.
The government has responded with regard to electoral interferences. That form of foreign interference has touched you. That's not normally what touches ordinary Canadians, particularly non-nationals who are here—for example, students who are studying. This is a large problem for students. We need to expand our scope of understanding.
You've just raised the idea that provident funds administered and held by a foreign state are touching Canadians for a repressive purpose. If we look at what's happening across the board in Canada, with the kind of complexity that my colleagues referred to, this far exceeds the question of electoral integrity. It even exceeds the democratic institutions per se. These are ordinary Canadians being touched.
For example, for my security, who should I call? I could call the RCMP. If I'm travelling abroad, as I do frequently, they would say it's not a policing issue in Canada. I could call CSIS, and they would ask what exactly they are supposed to do. However, if I asked them about my bank account, neither of them would know what to do.
I remember a discussion I had several years ago with the director of legal affairs and the assistant deputy minister of Global Affairs Canada when I raised this question in a conference. He immediately said it had nothing to do with them; it was a policing matter. Does a breach of sovereignty between states have nothing to do with foreign affairs?
Our world has changed, if I may say, and the concepts of geography are not the same anymore. Where our relations intersect is not just between or behind three oceans. They are simultaneously happening in our real lives that exist through family, friends and business associations transnationally, and we are not up to speed on that.