Doug Shipley at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On February 15th, 2024. See this statement in context.

February 15th, 2024 / 8:30 a.m.

Conservative

Doug Shipley Conservative Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, ON

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you to the ministers and the officials for being here this morning.

We are definitely talking about a very serious issue here with cybersecurity and Bill C-26.

Minister LeBlanc, Public Safety Canada recognizes 10 critical infrastructure sectors, one of which is government. A recent NSICOP report noted that several departments and Crown corporations are not subject to Treasury Board policies related to cyber-defence or they apply those cyber-defence policies to their departments inconsistently. This leaves them vulnerable to cyber-attacks. In fact, just recently it was revealed that Global Affairs Canada was suffering from a massive data security breach.

Minister LeBlanc, why is your own government not adhering to the same cybersecurity standards as the designated operators listed in this bill whose confidential business and personal information you're planning to collect and store?

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