Thank you.
I'd like to start with Mr. Kolga.
Mr. Kolga, thank you for providing your testimony today, especially on the extent of Russian capabilities and cognitive warfare. I know that all members of Parliament, no matter what political party we're a part of, over the last two years have been on the front lines of disinformation. We've had to spend a lot of our time trying to clear up many of the myths that are sent to our office.
What is problematic is that misinformation and disinformation manifest themselves in physical ways, such as on January 6 in the United States and more recently in the occupation of Ottawa. The problem is the potential that exists for disinformation and misinformation to manifest itself physically and the fact that Russian operatives very much want to exploit that for their own use.
Our committee's main mandate is on national security and public safety, so if we want to effectively combat this, what kinds of recommendations should our committee be making to the federal government, with the understanding that if you clamp down too hard on social media, you're simply going to diffuse those problematic voices onto other platforms? What kinds of recommendations should we be making to have the federal government effectively counteract this?