Information & Ethics committee  No, it's impossible to keep that information. Part B of our mandate deals with defending systems of importance to the government. Obviously, we see all kinds of situations every day. We block the malware we already know about. The goal isn't to keep all this information, but to

Information & Ethics committee  Under the current system?

Information & Ethics committee  No, not to my knowledge.

Information & Ethics committee  There may also be legal action. Therefore, we have limitations.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, we have a commissioner. We're one of the three—

Information & Ethics committee  I'll echo what we've been saying, but maybe I'll take a different tack. I think National Defence, Foreign Affairs, or Global Affairs Canada, all had authority to disclose information, which means sharing information. All of those authorities would not necessarily be clear to each

Information & Ethics committee  I would simply answer “no” to your question, because I don't think so.

Information & Ethics committee  Unfortunately, I don't have much to add. I think Mr. Burt was very eloquent in the way he covered those points. Again, we're in a tough position, not having used the act, either to disclose or receive anything. It's hard for us then to be able to give you an educated opinion as

Information & Ethics committee  It's hard to say. It's too soon to tell.

Information & Ethics committee  I would agree with him and add that it is more efficient.

Information & Ethics committee  What I can say, because it's been reported on by our commissioner in the last three years, is this. I'll use a private communication because that's something that's definitive in terms of what a private comm involving a Canadian is. One end is a Canadian. It's a communication tha

Information & Ethics committee  Maybe I'll just add really quickly that it also provides an opportunity to provide better understanding, better consistency, and better discipline in terms of how that information is being shared across 17 departments, as opposed to the way that we've been doing it.

Information & Ethics committee  It's everything you mentioned. We collect foreign signals intelligence from the global information infrastructure. The global information infrastructure can be the Internet. Traditionally, going back to after the First World War, it was radio waves. I, unfortunately, can't get i

Information & Ethics committee  It's very complicated. I'll give you the response in English that we usually provide. We use the analysis of metadata, essentially. That, of course, is something that is very much a debate, and I think, for the most part, is misunderstood in terms of the need for metadata. Metad

Information & Ethics committee  Unfortunately, I'm limited in what it is I can say to describe exactly how we do what we do. That would be a gross overgeneralization of how we go about it. It is infinitely more complex than that.