Thank you, Chair. It's a pleasure to be back on this committee. I was on here from 2015 onwards.
I have to say that I'm really proud of the investments the government has made to restore our security agencies to where they should be to deal with these kinds of security threats. Someone recently said to me that under the debt reduction action plan, a fine fishnet had become pretty porous because of cuts. One of the first things we did when we got elected was to update our national security framework and pass legislation that actually has given tools to our security agents to deal with these evolving threats, which have become more global in nature. They cross borders, so it's becoming more difficult.
Minister, I know you've only been in the role for a year, but I have to say that you have led this group of people admirably. Since we got elected in 2015, I'm quite proud of the investments we've made. I wonder if you and perhaps the heads of the different agencies could comment on....
First, actually, I'd like to congratulate you, Ms. Lloyd, on your new role leading an agency that does such important work for Canadians.
In spite of the fearmongering that's been going on here, can Canadians have confidence in our agencies and can Canadians feel safe that we have the tools, and the continuously evolving tools, to deal with these kinds of terrorist threats?