National Defence committee  From the cyber-centre perspective, our role is to defend the country from cybersecurity incidents and give Canadians and Canadian businesses the necessary tools to raise the cybersecurity bar. We are not an agency or a centre that is here to regulate social media. I will defer to other government agencies to maybe answer that element of the question.

National Defence committee  In the “National Cyber Threat Assessment 2020”, we mentioned that the Internet was at a crossroads and that we are seeing more and more misinformation and disinformation that's not limited to political campaigns or election periods. We're seeing much broader use of misinformation and disinformation.

National Defence committee  I, too, was going to say that the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, FINTRAC, would be in a better position to answer that question.

National Defence committee  Thank you for your question. I would say that they absolutely do. We are constantly in contact with our neighbours at CSIS and our counterparts in the Canadian Armed Forces. In fact, we support two of their missions, operations Unifier and Reassurance, so we have good lines of communication when it comes to sharing information with both of those organizations.

National Defence committee  For an answer to that question, I would refer you to the Canadian Armed Forces. If the armed forces can't answer, I can provide the information.

National Defence committee  I would prefer to get back to you in writing, if I may.

National Defence committee  The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security plays an important role in the integrity of our supply chains. If we had to examine the privatization of a service—within the federal government, I mean—we would have a hand in evaluating the program. If you're talking about a domestic threat, I would refer you to Ms.

National Defence committee  Of course, we work with private sector stakeholders on a number of issues. In some cases, they provide us with details related to cyber threats. I would say the relationship is more complementary, but when it comes to cyber incidents, there are things that CSE does not do. For example, the private sector is responsible for helping a victim get back on track.

National Defence committee  I would echo what Ms. Henderson said. This is a whole-of-society effort. We learn a lot from all of the cyber-incidents in the government. From that experience, we promulgate that information to the public sector and the private sector and Canadian citizens at large and we collectively make a dent in the cost of cybersecurity.

National Defence committee  From a cyber centre perspective, that teamwork across government and across Canada is extremely important. Reporting cyber-incidents will be very important, so that we learn from all of those incidents that are happening and then we can up the cybersecurity of the country.

National Defence committee  Again, we track all of these reportings. They help formulate the position of the cyber centre on how to protect the Canadian telecommunication infrastructure.

National Defence committee  We track the activities of Huawei and other telecom operators around the world, and that helps inform the security of the Canadian telecom infrastructure.

National Defence committee  Thank you for the question. From the cyber centre perspective, our priority is to defend Canada against all sorts of cyber incidents, regardless of the sector, but we are paying particular attention to the critical infrastructure sectors to make sure they have the necessary tools to protect themselves.

National Defence committee  In our national cyber-threat assessment of 2020, we called out the capabilities of the four of them—Russia, China, North Korea and Iran—as being state-sponsored programs of the greatest strategic threat to Canada. It's difficult to compare one against the other, but I would suggest that in the current context we have to be mindful of the geopolitical tensions and the Russian cyber-threats.

National Defence committee  Anonymous, like many other organizations, brings a certain level of threat to the cybersecurity of a country. We've seen some of them align with Russia and some of them align with the Ukrainian cause in the context of the current geopolitical tension. Again, we learn as much as possible from all of the incidents, and that's why we encourage all victims to report to us so that we can learn and promote new cybersecurity practices.