Information & Ethics committee  We have a team in National Defence that is in touch.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not in a position to speak to that. I'm the CIO, so I'm not in a position to speak to the relationship between that organization and National Defence. Others are in a position to speak to that.

Information & Ethics committee  We're not surveilling Canadians. As I said, we're here to support Canadians. We're here to keep them safe. We're monitoring networks. We're not monitoring people.

Information & Ethics committee  It's not our mandate at all, but if another department or organization needed our help there, that would have to be done through specific processes. Dave, do you want to add a bit more on that?

Information & Ethics committee  Currently, a number of them in the department are ongoing.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. In 30 seconds, we investigate networks, not people. In order to investigate networks, we do need to use tools to ensure the confidentiality, the integrity and the availability of data. That's following the FAA, the Treasury Board standard and the Privacy Act.

Information & Ethics committee  It's used to monitor our network, only our network.

Information & Ethics committee  Thanks for the question. We have a number of privacy impact assessments on the go right now. From a CIO point of view, as we are responsible for the security of our network, we follow the FAA, the standards of Treasury Board and all the laws. Outside that, if there's a need for a PIA, we actually work on it.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm actually the one, Mr. Chair.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, on behalf of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, thank you for inviting us to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. My name is Sophie Martel, and I am the acting chief information officer.