Procedure and House Affairs committee  This summer, the Privy Council Office created a committee of senior public servants focused on national security threats. Then, the Prime Minister established a national security cabinet committee, which he, himself, chairs.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can't answer the G7 part of that question because it's not in my role at the moment, but I can speak to the more general point and start with the point that many reports have been written and notice given of the need to do more on a continuing basis to track foreign interferenc

Procedure and House Affairs committee  During a writ period, the panel receives weekly briefings from the task force, very detailed briefings. They include intelligence from a number of sources and it pertains specifically to interference. Then, the panel discusses the intelligence, the situation in general and the l

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's always tough to verify intelligence with accuracy in order to get to the truth. To some extent, it's always a grey area, and we use every tool we have to analyze the intelligence. The role of the RRM Canada team, which my colleague Tara Denham talked about, is to do its bes

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly. First, I'd like to clarify something, if I may. Earlier, in response to Mr. Gerretsen's questions, I explained how the system as a whole works. I talked about the intelligence and the analysis process overall. The system works differently when it comes to the panel a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Berthold, I wouldn't want to be seen as a deputy minister who doesn't take their responsibilities seriously or doesn't do their best every day. Under the system in place at the time, I wasn't really involved in briefings to the minister. The director was the one who briefed

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Exactly.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In the context of the 2021 general election, we had an open line of communication to the social media platforms through the Privy Council Office. There were conversations prior to and probably during the election about the need to maintain awareness and take action where abuse of

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry. No.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That would be a question for Ms. Denham.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We, as all countries do, have systems that are secure. The information travels over secured communications technology. The end points for those systems are themselves in secure spaces. I guess when I hear the word “email”, I think of the conventional version of email. There is ma

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's fine.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think the recent measures strengthen the system and improve our ability to focus on what we need to do.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll apologize in advance, because this is not an area in which I am familiar in terms of the processes. I'll speak to the panel and the 2021 general election. The panel's job is to determine whether there is a threat to the integrity of the election, in broad terms. It was not

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say they absolutely do, but I'm no longer in that role.