When cyber operations are being undertaken, you referred in your presentation—I'm going with the notes—to “cyber aggression by foreign states”. You are not phrasing cyber aggression as an act of war per se. You also refer to disrupting “cyber aggression by foreign states”. Is there not concern that a civilian organization answering to the Minister of National Defence, in essentially undertaking offensive actions against another state, could be perceived as engaging in an act or war? What would be the legal consequences of that? We've had witnesses who've explained that, because legally you're seen as a civilian organization, that muddies the waters significantly. That's where a lot of the concern comes from. I don't necessarily feel you've addressed that in your comments.
On February 13th, 2018. See this statement in context.