Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. As I mentioned earlier, we know that China, among other countries, tries to target elected officials at all levels of government to promote its own national interests and to encourage individuals to speak or act, if you will, as proxies on behalf of the Communist Party of Ch

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would add that a lot of information continues to circulate on the Internet. People have to protect themselves and be suspicious of the emails they receive. People have to stay up to date on threats and pay attention to the information they publish on the Internet themselves, to

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I find Alia answered quite well. I would just reiterate that we work in a democracy. Managing social media, knowing that it is very much a tool used by foreign actors, is, of course, of concern, and we encourage awareness and liaison with these platforms so that they recogni

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We are constantly reviewing the powers and tools we have. As I said earlier, the technology is evolving, as are the laws and the complexity of the environment. We are in constant discussions with other departments or agencies of the Government of Canada and with our allies to und

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly. As we've mentioned—and I believe there will be members of the SITE task force appearing later this week—we, as well as other government partners such as CSE, Global Affairs Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, participate in SITE. It is really a combination of

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct. As we've mentioned, we see activity of foreign interference or attempts at foreign interference in terms of trying to influence, but not enough to have met the threshold of impacting the overall electoral integrity.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I mentioned in my opening comments, we are very concerned about the targeting. We know there is certainly a desire to target elected officials at all levels of government, municipal, provincial and federal. We work to provide defensive briefings, and we certainly encourage ind

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have highlighted in the past that we feel that the CSIS Act was written at a time, 1984, that has likely not kept up with the modern, complex threat landscape and technological advances, so we are constantly looking at our authorities and at the tools we require. One example

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, we absolutely do agree with that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Perhaps, Madam Chair, I can begin, and I'll certainly turn to my colleague, Alia, as well, for any comments she may have. If I address the initial question about the overseas police stations, as I'm sure you can appreciate, I can't go into the operational details of the service

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Madam Chair, members of the committee, good afternoon. As was mentioned, my name is Michelle Tessier, and I am the deputy director of operations for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Thank you for the invitation to appear before you today to ta

Public Safety committee  Certainly. Thank you for the question. I'm Michelle Tessier, the deputy director of operations for CSIS. Obviously, with a very complex threat environment, the requirements to look at the variety of data that's available and the changing technology, there are a variety of too

Public Safety committee  For some visa categories, we give opinions to our colleagues at the Canada Border Services Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on the threat an individual may pose, but the decision is theirs. Our role is to conduct a security assessment of applicants based on

Public Safety committee  We recognize the importance of being able to work in a shared environment, especially in academia. As I said earlier, we work with universities to give them information and advice on how to protect themselves. For us, it's very important that it be a partnership and that they cl

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. We are concerned that any hostile state could engage in intellectual property theft in Canada. We have pointed out that the threat comes from a number of countries. I can't go into details for all countries, but China is one of them. There are others