Procedure and House Affairs committee  My last question goes back to that idea of misinformation, especially in different types of social media and other media outlets. Should the Canadian government have a clearer process to publicly identify foreign-based sources of disinformation, like a public naming or revealing, to let people know that these are sources that might not be safe for us to gather information from?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Through you, as always, my first question is simply this: How does an MP become aware they are targeted? Is the MP or party notified—or both? You talked about the government being notified. Is the government the only one? I'm trying to get that clear. The other part of that question is this: What is the protocol during an election, compared to pre-election time?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. The next question I have is for the RCMP. I'm curious. I've heard stories from folks who feel they've been exposed to foreign interference. There are people from vulnerable communities who want to come forward and talk about things that may be happening within their ethnic community.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. One of the other issues that I'm really concerned about is misinformation and how that's impacting.... I have an especially significant concern about any impacts it has for rural and remote communities, indigenous communities and different ethnic communities, so I want to preface that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. Of course, all of my questions go through the chair as they must. I want thank all of the people who are here testifying before us. For me the biggest concern I have is that Canadians have faith in our system, and that if there are problems within our system we fix those and we don't create a bunch of fearful speculations but rather a conscious effort to bring clarity and understanding.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. The question I'm going to ask this time is for Mr. Mulroney. I found it interesting. You talked about the four points that you thought were priorities. Of course, there was the registry for the foreign agents and then having Canadian police participate more in ethnic communities.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I guess when you look at all the things we're talking about—the threats to our political systems, the influence that particular groups can have—I'm just wondering.... You stated very clearly that we need to have that foreign agents registry put into place, make that stance and then get onto the consulting.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have 20 seconds. If you could add that on to my two minutes and 30 seconds, that would be great.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. I'm going to direct my first questions to Mr. Johnson. I appreciated your testimony today. As we're discussing all of this, what I hope we're all going to come back to, despite our political differences, is how we make sure our systems are strong enough and how we make sure that we're building trust within Canada and holding all systems to account so that people have faith in our processes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I was going to come right to you, Mr. Bezan. I really appreciate it, and, before you start, I want to acknowledge how great it is to see non-partisan effort to have people come together and say that this is the right thing to do. Please go ahead.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for that. I really appreciate the importance of the nations' knowing which riding, not necessarily which politician, they belong with. One of the things I've picked up in this conversation is the interaction between the different nations that are potentially going to be split apart.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to thank everyone for their presentations today. I'm going to go to Ms. Ashton and then follow up with you, Mr. Bezan, on this very concerning process. I'm really glad to hear you're here doing the important work that you need to do, especially around indigenous communities.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll ask this question of all the panellists, starting with you, Mr. Steinley, since you're to my left. I'm curious about whether you can speak a bit on the work you've done, in terms of looking at these lines and talking with indigenous communities, in order to see how they feel about that representation and whether it matches the boundaries they see in their communities.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Since I have about eight seconds, I will give that time back to the committee.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. I thank the folks who are here today to present to us. We always learn a lot from this. As we go across the country, we certainly learn a lot more. I think we always have to appreciate the knowledge people have of their own regions. I appreciate that. I'll come first to Mr.