Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank you again, Mr. Burt, for being here.
Since the last time you were here in March, we've had some developments. We've had an opportunity to travel to NORAD to receive briefings, specifically with respect to intelligence and the importance of intelligence, and we concluded the first phase of our study of the defence of North America. Now we're on the naval readiness component.
When it comes to intelligence, I think it's not something that can be looked at in silos. All three branches of the military need to be working together, as well as the folks with the RCMP, and so on.
One area you didn't talk about in your testimony today, but you did refer to in your last testimony in March, was the importance of cybersecurity. We learned when we were in NORAD that currently cybersecurity is not something that is looked at as a joint initiative through our NORAD agreement.
I'm going to back up a second. It may sound like it's coming from left field, but I've just gone across the country for electoral reform, and one of the areas we're looking at is whether we should move into electronic voting. The reason I'm bringing this up is that there are a lot of concerns in terms of cyber-attacks, and so on, and people trying to change the results of elections. We're hearing a lot from our friends to the south about concerns of hacks and things of that nature.
I'd like you talk a bit about the importance of cybersecurity. I know we're looking at a new policy review through the Minister of Public Safety. Could you could talk to us a bit about that area? We haven't heard a lot about it today.