Earlier this month, the Prime Minister announced a new Canada-China strategic partnership. On many fronts, this concerns me, but specific to this meeting, I'm concerned about Canada's cybersecurity and the protection of our private information.
In 2024, I was informed by IPAC through the FBI that I had been the target of a cyber-attack orchestrated by the PRC. I had been targeted because of my status as a member of Parliament. As the Canadian government begins a new economic relationship with the PRC, I'm concerned with how our government assesses these new strategic partnerships with non-democracies on the world stage.
Madame Xavier, can you please share with this committee what measures your agencies and departments are taking to ensure cybersecurity and the protection of sensitive data as we enter new agreements with governments like the PRC?