National Defence committee  Sure. Thank you very much for the question. I'll start by noting that from a CSE perspective, cybersecurity is a really important part of our mandate. We look at cybersecurity from a number of different perspectives. We look at it, of course, in terms of protecting the Governmen

National Defence committee  Overall, on the strategy, I don't have that. It's a Public Safety-led initiative.

National Defence committee  Right now we're looking to see how we can further support the private sector in cybersecurity, and again, from a CSE perspective. This is a horizontal initiative. There are other departments involved led by Public Safety. From a CSE perspective, we're looking at things like bei

Afghanistan committee  I don't have a figure in terms of the breakdown by those various elements.

Afghanistan committee  Before Ms. Ducros answers, I would like to thank the you for your comments about the visit. I had the opportunity to be in Afghanistan a few weeks ago and I must say that folks are still talking about your visit: how much they enjoyed seeing you, and how much they were moved by y

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chair, as I mentioned earlier, as you well know, the government announced last week that the post-2011 role would focus on four priorities. Development and investment in the future of Afghan children and youth is one. Advancing security, the rule of law, and human rights is t

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chair, as you know, the government made an announcement last week in terms of what Canada's new role will be in Afghanistan post-2011. As to when I found out, this is a whole-of-government mission, we work collectively, and when I found out...I don't really believe that's som

Afghanistan committee  No.

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chair, the decisions that the government makes in terms of what the policies and programs will be, and what the priorities will be in the future, are government decisions. In terms of the public service's role, you know, in terms of being able to provide advice and then now b

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chair, there may be a couple of ways to address the issues the member has raised. We already had a little bit of discussion around this table about the Dahla Dam: will the targets be met and how is it progressing? It may be helpful if we talk a little bit about the impact of

Afghanistan committee  On the parliamentary elections, this is definitely an issue that the international community has paid a lot of attention to, and as Ms. Ducros said, it's one that we've also tried to contribute to in helping with the electoral process. The Independent Election Commission and the

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chairman, I have a few comments to make. My colleagues may also have comments to add. The rights of women and dealing with women's issues in Afghanistan have run through I would say all of our initiatives, if not most of our initiatives that we have to date in Afghanistan,

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chairman, perhaps I could just add on both of those. The next quarterly report, as all of the quarterly reports do, provides updates on all of the priorities and the signature projects. The next quarterly report will provide an update on the status of all the signature proje

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chair, thank you. There were a number of questions there, so if the committee permits, I'm going to suggest that we sort of work our way through those. On dealing with corruption, I'll ask my colleague from Foreign Affairs to lead off on that question, and then perhaps my

Afghanistan committee  Shall I continue?