Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, and I hear the process change request very clearly. We've heard that from a lot of testimony, and I presume very strongly that the committee will be looking into that. I'll come to Madam Zahid and Mr. McKay. I am just a little concerned because it looks like there is no consensus between all the Scarborough MPs about the final version of the report.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. I have a couple of last questions. I know that the consultation process that's happening with the foreign agent registry ends—correct me if I'm wrong—around May 9. If that's the case, I'm wondering if you could give the committee a bit of an outline on what the next steps will be and what the timeline is.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. In terms of my next question, I'm an MP who represents a more rural and remote region of Canada, and the accessibility of information can sometimes be a bit of a challenge. When it comes to misinformation, one of the things that concern me greatly is that a lot of our local newspapers are really struggling to continue to find ways to fund themselves, because the world is changing, yet they are a trusted resource for folks.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. I thank the witnesses for being here. It's good to see you, Minister Mendicino. I have a few questions. I found it interesting, listening to your statement today. You talked about how robust the system is, yet a lot of the testimony that we've heard has told us that it is not robust, that part of the challenge, of course, is legislative, and that we need stronger, firmer legislation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for that. I think that has to be watched very carefully. I hope that as you're going through the process, the consultation is inclusive and informative enough to the public that people know when to respond. It is really concerning to look at that and to know there are many people from many countries who have been here, in some cases for generations, who are already feeling concerned that they may be specifically targeted.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't have enough time for you to answer on the public inquiry and democracy, so if you want send something, I'm sure the chair will tell you all about how to do it. Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you so much, Chair. Professor Turnbull, I'll come back to you so that we can follow up on the discussion of lowering the voting age to 16. It reminds me of knocking on a door and having a 17-year-old drag his mother down. She did not want to talk to me at all. He asked all the questions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. I thank both the witnesses for being here today to participate in this study and for their interesting testimony. I'm going to start with Ms. Marineau first. One of the challenges as we address the issue of foreign interference in elections is how it's constantly changing.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's about addressing some of these issues in between elections. The focus right now is really election-specific, but we've heard other testimony where even parties have said, if there were more check-ins during the election.... I also think about just educating people because, again, for the public it must feel like there's always some information about disinformation, but it intensifies around elections.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. If I can come to you, Professor Turnbull, I really appreciated what you had to say about the health of democracy. I know, when I was last in the riding, I spent about a little over an hour with a bunch of teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17, and they had really hard questions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I'll go to you first, Mr. Bordeleau. I think one of the challenges is this: How do you inform Canadians? How do you keep the information clear? How do you not disrupt national security so that we continue to get the information that we rightfully need? I hear what you're saying, that it needs to be arm's length.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't have a lot of time left. You talked about having, on that site, multiple people signing off on the information. We also just talked about having an independent branch that maybe gives the information. I'm a little confused about which direction would be wisest.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you to the witnesses who are here with us today to talk about this issue, which is incredibly challenging. What we've heard again and again in testimony is how rapidly this changes. It's like we're trying to find ways to block misinformation, to prevent any interference, but the target is moving all the time.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I'm going to come to Mr. Marshall this time. It was interesting to me that you talked about the information you received as being very high level, very vague. It didn't really provide any structure for you to be able to make a decision moving forward. I guess I'm just trying to understand.