Industry committee  Thank you very much for the question. I'm pleased to answer it. At the service, as an investigative body, we go out looking for any intelligence that can support an assessment or basically answer the question as to whether there is a national security threat we could potentiall

Industry committee  Thank you for the question, which I'll answer in English. As we have stated before in public reports and [Technical difficulty—Editor] last year, the Government of China is pursuing a strategy for geopolitical advantage on all fronts—economic, technological [Technical difficult

Industry committee  I'm not going to be able to answer specifically in regard to lithium, but I would like to say that we have watched, over the past few years, a definite increase in what I would term economic espionage across our country. Canada is extremely advanced in much of its research and de

Industry committee  As I'm sure you can appreciate, I'm not able to speak on a specific transaction. What I can say is that we did do our work. We provide our advice to government, and then, as mentioned earlier by my colleagues, it is actually a community decision. While we provide our advice, ther

Industry committee  Our advice is taken in with the advice of all the other departments. At that point, they determine whether or not there is a need to go forward for a full review.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, members of the committee, good afternoon. I'm Cherie Henderson, the assistant director of requirements at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you once again this year, this time to discuss cybersecurity, which of

National Defence committee  My understanding right now is that Canada regularly suffers thousands of cyber-threat attacks on a daily basis all across the country, and numerous organizations are under that attack. I wouldn't have for you actual stats on which particular countries those are coming from. I wou

National Defence committee  Yes, I would. It is an ever-increasing issue, and it's something that we all need to be alive to. As we have moved forward in technology advancement, there has been much more cyber-activity in that area and many more cyber-actors. Historically, we focused on state-sponsored att

National Defence committee  I can start with that one. This is one of the things I worry very much about. The service investigates and tries to do a lot of outreach to inform our research industries and our companies that are involved in research and development. As you know, Canada is a top leader in rese

National Defence committee  Yes, I am aware of that law. It is a law that I believe was brought in in 2017, if I'm correct. That law does compel all Chinese companies to support any requirements of the Chinese government.

National Defence committee  That's a very good question. Thank you for it. It's very important, as I think both Mr. Khoury and I have said, that every agency that has national security responsibilities is able to investigate those attacks using the tools that each agency brings to the fight, in a sense. T

National Defence committee  There are no obstacles, per se, that would prevent us. What I think we need to do is make sure that, one, we have all the tools that are necessary and are fully aware of where technology is moving and how it's developing. Then, it's also extremely important that we balance the ri

National Defence committee  What I would say is that Russia is an extremely capable threat actor. We know that Russian intelligence services have previously engaged in disinformation campaigns to discredit and create divisions in the west, to promote Russia's influence abroad, and to push for an end to west

National Defence committee  Thank you for your question, but I, personally, don't have that information. I would direct you to FINTRAC, which would be the better department to answer that type of question.

National Defence committee  Thank you for your question. I'm going to switch languages to answer. This is another very interesting question. What I would say is that, under section 12 of the CSIS Act, we can do an investigation overseas if it is determined that there is a threat to our national security.