Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, it sounds like the member thinks the Prime Minister was clear on this. I think the Prime Minister was clear on this. I agree with what the Prime Minister said, so I'm not really sure how to add to that. It sounds like if I'm adding to that, I'm actually confusing mat

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In terms of the specific document you're referencing that was mentioned in reporting and that the previous member was mentioning, I can't speak to whether or not we've been briefed on any specific documents or any specific subjects. Taking a step back from that and to the secon

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The committee has received from the NSIA the list of formal briefings that was put together as best as everybody could. They're formal briefings on subjects to do with election foreign interference—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would take a step back and just say that there has been an ongoing conversation over many months and years as to what the prospects of potential foreign interference were. It's why these different organizations were in place. It's why a report came out of the 2019 campaign, or

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I could not tell you on what date he did or didn't receive a document. It's—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't have that information in front of me in terms of the specific document you're holding.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It may have been. I am not suggesting she's wrong; it's that I can't speak to where he was that day. Briefs come in a whole bunch of different formats. Those kinds of pieces of information are not just floating around. I don't know whether he got a verbal brief that day, whether

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I mentioned in the opening statement, for the very reasons you set out in terms of the importance of this issue and the seriousness of what we're talking about, we need to take this out of the partisan arena. It's an extremely complex issue for some of the reasons I laid out a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Let me try again to answer your question. I was certainly trying to. I think a lot of people looked at what's become known as POEC, the public inquiry that went on last fall in response to the Emergencies Act, and saw that it worked. As another example, you spoke about another i

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I will repeat again what I've said a couple of times to members from the opposition, which is what the NSIA said when they were previously here at committee. I don't have information beyond being able to say—and I thought this was pretty definitive—that the connection being made

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a question best asked to her. I can't remember now, having read her testimony here, whether she answered a question like that. It's usually, at least in terms of what makes its way to me.... There may be things that don't make their way to me that should make their way to me

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I will try to do it efficiently and give two parts to the answer. First, it is the national security and intelligence adviser who pulls all of that information together. Second, there are legitimate questions. We had them when we were in opposition as a party and they continue t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What I would say to reassure Canadians is that I know the incredible work that senior officials do day in and day out on this. I spend a lot of time with them, and they are constantly working to refine and improve processes, especially as new and different types of information co

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. If I'm understanding you correctly, nothing is ever kept from the Prime Minister, certainly not by me.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I mentioned in my opening statement, I am usually with the Prime Minister when he's briefed on these matters. It's actually pretty rare for me to have formal briefings alone. It doesn't never happen, but it's pretty rare. It's usually a question of scheduling when that happens