Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the Minister and to the officials for being here today.
My questions will focus on Bill C-59 and cybersecurity.
First of all, Minister, you said in your comments when you opened things that cyber-operations “would be subject to strict statutory prohibitions against directing these operations at Canadians, any person in Canada, or the global information infrastructure in Canada, and would require a robust approval process.” To me, that's very much in line with democratic principles, but could you speak to the importance of that, to ensuring that when we have legislation, when we're talking about CSE and its powers, that those powers are consistent with democratic principles?