Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for coming today.
Ministers, building resiliency for natural disasters, building resilience against cybersecurity threats, these are things I think all Canadians and all parties can get behind. We know there needs to be increased investment in cybersecurity and resiliency, but something both ministers said today gave me some pause, when they referred to this bill as giving the government, in their words, “emergency powers” and “extraordinary powers”. I think it's very concerning to Canadians who want to know why the government needs “emergency powers” and “extraordinary powers” when we're really talking about trying to boost resiliency against natural disasters and trying to get companies to invest more in cybersecurity. Why does the government require legislation that gives them the power to conduct courts in secret, to announce legislation or block people from being part of the telecommunications sector in secret? Why are these emergency powers needed when what we need to do is get more investment in cybersecurity?