We live in a globalized world where, ultimately, this is a space we cannot play defence; we have to play offence. We have to know what the adversary is up to, what its capabilities are and what its intent is before it is ever able to go after us. The biggest challenge that we have in the government is old networks. The attack on the GAC network, which is still not entirely back up and running the way it should be, is one example. We can invest, for instance, in people and so forth all we want, but the older our networks, the more vulnerable we become. There's an urgent need for an investment in our networks by the Government of Canada.
On February 14th, 2022. See this statement in context.