Industry committee  Thank you for the question. What I would say from a national security threat perspective sort of dovetails to the question you were referring to my CSIS colleagues a moment ago. Obviously, national security covers a broad swath of areas. In light of the pandemic that we just went through, all of a sudden issues of manufacturing in personal protective equipment, or indeed biopharma, have increased in terms of interest.

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. I think we have enough transparency in place with regard to reporting on decisions that are being made through annual reporting and such. Obviously, national security matters have a certain level of classification that needs to be respected.

Industry committee  I'll allow my colleague from ISED to weigh in, in terms of comparators, on what we're seeing in other countries. If I understand your question, I feel that the review process we have.... I guess I would need more specificity in terms of what you're after. When you're saying “broad review”, I feel like, the way the provisions are set up in Canada, we certainly have leeway to look at every aspect of national security.

Industry committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, for this opportunity to discuss the Investment Canada Act. Good afternoon, everyone. I am the senior assistant deputy minister of the national and cyber security branch here at Public Safety Canada, responsible, among other things, for advising the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on the national security dimensions of the ICA.