Ms. Ritu Banerjee (Director, Intelligence Policy Division, National and Cyber Security Branch, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

In the past, when there have been issues of espionage in Canada, we have used the security certificate provisions to seek the removal of those individuals. I'm thinking of Russian spy cases. So there are limited uses of our current legal framework to manage that, but it is very sensitive and very difficult.