Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm a teacher, and I very much believe in seeing the world through the eyes of my children, and now my grandchildren. I think we have to work harder at educating our young people about our civic institutions, the quality of those institutions, and how they're protected. Democracy is a very thin veneer.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have no response, Madam Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, we were aware of investigations, but no findings of interference. Our expectation is that we would continue to follow the progress of those investigations and meet with the commissioner of Canada elections to have a good discussion about those.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If my memory serves me, Madam Chair, [Technical difficulty—Editor] for translation, but on the basis that we'd get the translation started and that there would be changes and amendments to that report. Within the two days following our meeting with Mr. O'Toole, which I again emphasize was an extremely important and helpful meeting, we made changes to that report and ensured that they were in the translation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, let me respond to that question in very generalized ways. I think that in dealing with something as important and as growing as foreign interference in our elections and creating mistrust in our institutions—and by the way, those enemies are rubbing their hands with glee as they observe the kind of paroxysms that we're going through—we would have to work very hard at acquainting parliamentarians with foreign interference, but the public really understands very little.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, the first thing I would say is that this is accountability, and that's what Parliament is about and should be about. Second, I would say that it's very possible for parliamentarians to take top security clearance, as some of you have, without in any way restricting their responsibility to speak publicly and openly about what they know in their head.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, those two individuals have provided advice to me, which was quite welcome.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I think not, Madam Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I think that started about 10 days ago, as I recall.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I've received informal advice from a number of people, including professionals, but no one has been paid for their services apart from Navigator.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Not at all, Madam Chair, nor are we paying for any of the other informal advice I'm receiving from a number of quarters.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, the answer is that I wrote the report, and had considerable advice from a very competent legal team.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was led by Sheila Block, Madam Chair.