Public Safety committee  That's an excellent question. We try to tackle that, Ms. Khera, in the report, in chapter 2. I think it starts at paragraph 106 or 107. We talk about the definition: “activities ranging from overt and often friendly forms of normal diplomatic conduct on the one hand to covert and

Public Safety committee  Maybe I can take a crack at it and ask Ms. Marcoux to add something as well. It's really important for committee members to hear what our committee says on this, which is that we're not singling out ethnocultural communities—as some have asked us about in the past—because we wa

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  It's one of our next two major reviews that are now under way. It's an examination of cyber-threats and the ability of the government to respond to those threats, keeping in mind as well, sir, that under new legislation, new powers, a private sector actor can now approach the Min

Public Safety committee  You're breaking up a little bit there, sir, so I couldn't get all that. Sorry.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. It's always difficult. There are so many interesting areas, and we don't generally speak openly from a committee perspective on what we are or are not doing. We simply come to ground on what we're doing, and then we announce it and then we speak only once we have produ

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Harris. I think one of the things we did point out in the report, to be as specific as possible, was that we took a long, hard look at the Prime Minister's tiger team, which was created in 2016. We called out the fact that the tiger team, which was set up to deve

Public Safety committee  I think the committee members would agree that of course there is a lot of progress to be made. I think they would agree that—

Public Safety committee  Well, I think they would agree that the nature of foreign interference is evolving. I think they would agree that the seriousness of the threats is becoming better known. We tried to describe those threats throughout that chapter, that review. We focused on the core community mem

Public Safety committee  That is precisely the question we want to answer. We are not in a position today to tell Canadians whether the situation is improving or not. Allow me to explain what the committee means by seeking out the best talent. Given that the security and intelligence community has not m

Public Safety committee  Canada should move swiftly to adopt a more centralized and coordinated approach, in conjunction with the national security and intelligence advisor to the Prime Minister, for one. Canada should take an in-depth look at Australia and the centralized working group it recently esta

Public Safety committee  What a question, Ms. Michaud. Do we have a half-hour, Mr. Chair?

Public Safety committee  For the first time, we studied nine security and intelligence organizations, including CBSA, CSIS, CSE, DND, GAC, ITAC, PCO and the RCMP. We established a baseline to compare representation of women, indigenous peoples, members of visible minorities and persons with disabilities

Public Safety committee  That's not a question I am able to answer, Mr. Kurek, on behalf of the committee. It is not something the committee has examined. It's not a review that we have undertaken.

Public Safety committee  We have, of course, in our review had a lot to say about foreign interference, and we would commend to you those particular pages that set out in great detail what we believe is happening. I wish I could give you some indication, but the committee has not pronounced on this ques