Thank you for the question.
In my opening remarks, I talked a bit about some of my early impressions of CSE. Having been there now for approximately six weeks, one of the things that has struck me is the focus within the organization on the corollary issues of lawfulness and privacy.
As you know, the protection of Canadians' privacy is a key part of our act, of our legislation under the National Defence Act. We have an important role to protect the privacy of Canadians. Throughout our organization, in our policies, in our practices, in our training, and in the discussions I've had to date, protecting the privacy of Canadians is of critical importance. I see it, Mr. Chair, throughout the organization already in the short time that I've been there.
As I've mentioned, that will be a very important part of my job going forward. It will be not only to ensure that the mandate of CSE is met in terms of delivering high-quality cyber-defence and foreign intelligence for the Government of Canada, but, also, and again as part of our act, to ensure that the organization continues to be lawful and continues to keep the privacy of Canada at a very high priority.
That will continue to be my focus. I don't see it to be a conflict, actually. I see it to be that these are our mandates. It is ingrained in our legislation. It is something that, again, the organization is already very well attuned to. I mentioned our commissioner at CSE before. He has remarked about the culture of compliance that he has seen. Again, in the short time that I've been a part of the organization, I have already seen that. It will be an important priority.
I guess you asked me about my priority. It would be a really important priority for me to continue the legacy that I already see existing there and ensure that it continues in all of our work.