Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here.
I am going to come back to a subject we discussed earlier. Yesterday, security expert Richard Fadden was quoted in La Presse. His comments translate as follows:
…cyber-attacks today represent a threat that is at least as concerning for Canada as terrorism may be, but the threat is often ignored, even though the potentially harmful consequences are significant.
Mr. Fadden was the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and national security advisor to two prime ministers.
This raises a number of questions that you have answered in part.
Given the fact that the Canadian Army is responsible for protecting our territory, what is NORAD's mandate in relation to possible cyber-attacks?
The article I am referring to pointed out that the hydroelectric utility computer systems were the least protected, including both Hydro-Québec and Hydro One in Ontario.
Does NORAD have overall responsibility for this?