I think it's absolutely possible they could if we don't mount the right defences. I think we mounted the defences relatively well over the last number of elections, and I think we also benefited from the fact that Russia had distractions that kept it from worrying too much about Canada. Certainly they used their propaganda arms to target our government, as well as the opposition parties, and to target Minister Freeland.
Certainly they have tried to weaken resolve here, but frankly, I think they have devoted most of their resources in the past to fuelling, let's say, the Brexit conversation, and fuelling nationalists across Europe in other avenues, so the fact is that if they put their mind to it, if they put their resources to it, I certainly think that would be a serious risk that we would have to face.
I think, frankly, that we do not have the mechanisms. As I think Ms. Jankowicz pointed out very well, we just do not have the mechanisms to appropriately attribute and to call that campaign out when we think it is happening.
I think the point of some of my remarks at the opening was to underline the fact that it's critically important that we actually figure out legislative or procedural changes that allow us to highlight when these operations are active—when we can identify people who are on the take, as it were, be they journalists in Canada or others—and I think until we do those things, we'll continue to be vulnerable.