Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that's the first question.... I don't know that it is his first question, but probably the first question the special rapporteur needs to answer before he is able to answer what a mandate should look like is what the mechanism should look like. What is the question we're

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a very good question and one that I have been asking many questions about myself for the last while. It's not as straightforward an answer, unfortunately, as what you just described from south of the border. Having said that, I would encourage you to speak to officials on th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think all of that is exactly right. The only thing I would add is that the senior officials who are part of that panel have spent their lives, in most cases, serving Canadians as public servants. I think there's reason for all of us to have a lot of faith in the work they do.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would disagree a little bit with the thought that it's not working, because I think the fact that we're all having these conversations speaks to the fact that this is in the public domain in perhaps a new and different way. It doesn't mean the institutions themselves have not b

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would offer two things quickly. One is that the review of the panel's work that spoke to interference.... NSICOP also continued that between 2019 and 2021. What I'll say quickly—because I can tell I'm getting the look—is that I think there was a lot of other news between 2019

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, it—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, it's interesting that I was accused of silence, then told that I wasn't asked a question when I was trying to answer and, further, was then being quoted in the statement that was just made, so apparently I did say something. Madam Chair, I would say that what was b

Procedure and House Affairs committee  One of the reasons I said in my opening statement that I would respect the bounds the CSIS director and the NSIA put in place, or had around themselves when they came to committee in a public setting, is that they are in a far better position to be able to make those determinatio

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think one of the challenges, which even comes out in your question, in which you named a number of the different bodies, is that there is no one person. Even though at least one of the members, I know, would have liked to have an inquiry already, one of the challenges is determ

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can only speak to how I am aware of this through—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think, Madam Chair, you'll know my answer on this, which is that I can't speak to the specifics of that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I would just remind the members of something I said in the opening that's come up throughout this committee, which is that interference in elections has an impact on all political parties.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I'm going to have to give a similar answer, but I would say it's important to remind people, because of the insinuations coming from the member, that the election has been examined by experts and they have deemed it as one that was free and fair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I feel like we're going to have to take the discussion on what happened in the past off-line, because I totally know the article you're talking about and I can point you to another one, but I think we're actually dancing on the head of a pin there. In terms of the actual substan