Public Safety committee  Well, I think it's been broadly determined by stakeholders. There's a critical infrastructure forum and network that works on this. There is, among the stakeholders, no one banging on the door trying to get in, so I think the definition is broadly understood and shared. I'll hav

Public Safety committee  The short answer is yes, most assuredly, the electricity sector—the energy sector—is critical infrastructure. In terms of funding specifically for the question of copper theft, no. The funding supports assessments where a power plant would look at their full scope of risk, and i

Public Safety committee  I'll answer for Public Safety, and I'll let Jeff respond on the CSIS side. You will notice in previous estimates for previous years, a similar amount of $700,000 for Public Safety for this function. This is, in essence, allowing us to continue to maintain the current capacity. T

Public Safety committee  Nobody in the portfolio does, except Tina.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. There has been a long period of consultation with the provinces over the past few years. In 2015, the government decided to launch a consultation process to establish the broadband network. This is an initiative led by the public safety ministries

Public Safety committee  Is that the technical question you're asking?

Public Safety committee  A question directed to the RCMP really should be directed to the RCMP. They're not here today, so it's awkward for me to answer. I'm not going to get into why the RCMP may or may not be doing something. It's inappropriate for me to try to tackle that kind of answer.

Public Safety committee  I could elaborate on this. Generally, the Canada Border Services Agency employees and their American counterparts work very well together. There's no question that there is a very close relationship. That said, each organization is responsible under the Preclearance Act for th

Public Safety committee  I think there are a couple of questions there. We would expect, if we were to operate in a pre-clearance environment in the U.S., to be responsible for training our officers, by which I mean CBSA officers. I used to work there, so I say “our” sometimes, although I shouldn't any

Public Safety committee  You're asking a question that crosses two conversations. CBSA will have to answer the question about whether they have adequate resources for training. In the context of pre-clearance, there is no special allocation associated with training U.S. officers by CBSA officers.

Public Safety committee  I do. As a general rule, the community assesses this. Each member of the community—we don't keep track of it—will obviously be interested in what their colleagues are doing in other countries. It may or may not be determinative, though. Just as there are examples of cases wher

Public Safety committee  I'll have to check my memory to be absolutely precise, Mr. Clement, but I believe that particular case was a subject of extensive litigation and was overturned. The investment was allowed to proceed, but with conditions, and the conditions are I think clear to the investor.

Public Safety committee  Well, it's an elaborate back-and-forth, and the community will make recommendations to the Governor in Council.

Public Safety committee  Would you like me to take a stab at that, Mr. Clement?

Public Safety committee  Your first question was about the process of how CSIS is informed. The act changed in 2009, I believe. It requires companies to inform the government. Sometimes that happens, sometimes it doesn't. With regard to the intelligence community, we have an organization in Public Safet