Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Bossenmaier, thank you for your testimony, and congratulations on your appointment.
I was happy to hear you mention the importance of respecting CSE's legal framework, and I would like you to give me a few clarifications as the new chief of the establishment.
Recently there have been several allegations that the CSE was increasingly spying on Canadian citizens by collecting metadata in airports using wireless networks or by analyzing downloads and uploads from everywhere in the world in the context of a project entitled “Levitation”. We also learned that beyond defensive and offensive capacities, CSE is developing the possibility of pirating certain devices throughout the world or of collecting data from these devices. It is alleged that the establishment did this in Mexico, a country that is our ally and commercial partner.
Can you confirm that or provide us with further details on this more offensive vocation the CSE seems to be taking on? Is that one of the directions the establishment intends to take?