I would like to say, to colleagues of the committee, think about the interconnectivity of that. When some telecom networks have gone down, in the case of natural disasters, it was related to a power outage. I think you cannot look at that in silos.
You have to take a systemic view. For example, if you had an attack on one system in the electricity network, that could well have an impact then on the telecom network because, without power and backup power, we may not be able to continue to function on the telecom network.
I think that's why you see this information that allows us to act very quickly to prevent a more systemic damage to interconnected networks. As I said, when you look at telecom, when you look at power, they are very connected. In all the disasters that we have had, and particularly in eastern Canada, when I talk to premiers, one of the things they mention is always power, because without power, the towers are not operational, even with backup power.
If we were to see an attack, a cyber-attack on the electric grid, we would want to know very quickly what impact that could have on the telecom network as well. Think about 5G with the Internet of things. If you have an attack on power, that could have a spillover effect in so many other ways. Colleagues were mentioning health, hospital functioning and equipment in hospitals. This is a systemic view of how to protect Canadians.