Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. MacKenzie.
Thank you for coming today, Mr. Fadden and Mr. Ellis and Mr. Dunn. This is certainly an important opportunity to clear the decks on this information.
I think it's critical to draw a firm line between influence and corruption, and let's be clear what we're talking about there. You mentioned in your opening remarks a threat continuum ranging from open meetings with foreign and Canadian officials to years of contact in which a foreign actor may have convinced a Canadian official to adopt a position in which the Canadian interest is not necessarily front and centre. Indeed, the position may be even contrary to Canada's interests.
Without getting into specific details on how CSIS carries out its statutory mandate, can you describe how CSIS makes its evaluations along this continuum?