Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. The only reason I'm taking time to respond is because we give out information regularly. We write assessment reports on an ongoing basis, looking at the situation that we're dealing with. I would never say that it was just a certain month or even a c

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. There are several ways we are working hard to get the message out. We provide many unclassified briefings. In some cases, individuals within those other provinces or municipalities, or even in some cases industry, can get a clearance sponsor

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not going to speak about any specific investigations, but as I noted, we need to build our defences against any foreign interference activity and make people aware that they are being targeted or could potentially be targeted.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not going to speak, again, to any specific operational questions, but what I will again reiterate is that we need to maintain strong defences against foreign interference and make sure that we educate all Canadians, including MPs, with regard to the potential threat that they

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What we will do as an organization, if we determine that individuals are under potential threat from foreign-interference activities, is to have discussions with individuals. We will also go out and approach everybody—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't have any figures at this moment, and I'm not going to speak to operational specifics, but I will say—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Part of the sunlight is being able to have this ongoing conversation with regard to foreign interference. Canadians, I think, feel very comfortable, and the more we have this discussion and make awareness—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Again, it goes back to the importance of having the conversation and the importance of raising awareness. There are many Canadians who I would call “unwitting”. They wouldn't even know that they were being approached, and that's why these conversations ar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If they're unwitting, it may not have raised to that point where anybody is aware. The more we can have those conversations about the types of things that individuals can look for, then they can say, “I think there's something happening. I need to talk to somebody.” Then we can h

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can start. Thank you very much for the question. One of the things that I think we need to do is to make sure that our security agencies actually have the tools we need in order to do our jobs. The CSIS Act was created back in 1984. In terms of a lot of the challenges we're de

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not going to speak specifically to that question just due to the requirement to maintain operational secrecy. What I will say, and what we have said, is that hostile states will use whatever avenues they can to engage in foreign interference activities.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, I wouldn't speak specifically in regard to money, but I would say that they will use whatever avenues they can in order to achieve their objectives.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, I'm not going to comment on any specific operational questions, but I would say, as I noted earlier, that any Canadian citizen, any electoral official, is susceptible or can be approached by a foreign hostile actor in order to engage in foreign interference activities.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think we can easily say that we know China is very engaged in focusing, but there are other nations as well out there. I would always be very concerned to focus on one nation and then lose the focus of what else could be happening from other hostile activities of states.