Procedure and House Affairs committee  One of the things that would help us greatly in this day and age is the ability to really access and use data. We did get changes to the data regime in Bill C-59, but from what we're experiencing it is still not as fluid. We want to ensure, of course, that we respect the privacy

Procedure and House Affairs committee  At that time.... What we tend to do—and Newton spoke about this—is we really closely monitor all the opportunities that could potentially arise in this type of environment. We're closely keeping an eye on the potential for anyone to incite or lead to engaging in violent extremist

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say in that situation that we would always strive to share information. We always want to engage with our partners—police partners, protective services, RCMP—to ensure that we share the proper information, so we strive not to have any barriers to information sharing.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We wouldn't be in a position to make that recommendation, but as we are all aware, that is the symbol of democracy of our country. It is always going to be a place that attracts and gathers individuals. When we are aware of large potential protests, we are always monitoring these

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, it's ITAC that sets that national terrorism threat level, and it pulls the information based on what it sees across the country and in relation to its members. What the service does is when.... We are always looking for a threat of serious violence to overthrow or to push

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't have any specific dates. What I can say is that as we continually monitor and investigate anything that could be a potential threat to the security of Canada, we constantly and regularly engage with the RCMP and our police partners. These are the same rules of engagement

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I was saying, in any of these situations, if anything comes across our radar that we feel the RCMP or the appropriate police need to be advised of to ensure that they can do the appropriate protection and investigation, we share that. That is a constant, ongoing, back and fort

Procedure and House Affairs committee  From my recollection, the threat level in Canada has remained at medium. Since it became part of the regular process of setting the threat level following the tragic events of 9/11, it has been at medium.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The national terrorism threat level is set by ITAC, our integrated terrorism assessment centre. They have a very solid methodology that they use. I wouldn't be able to go into specifics and explain it to you. They set the terrorism threat level for the country, but they look at a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I just want to make sure I understand. Are you speaking specifically in regard to the convoy itself, or are you speaking more generally?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I wouldn't be able to speak to exact dates. What I can speak to is the fact that, prior even to the convoy starting, in the beginning of 2022 we were all very aware of the current what I would call rise that we were seeing, or the impact of the ideologically motivated violent ext

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I can finish off, if that's okay for the committee. What I will say is that CSIS was also aware of the opportunities that large gatherings and protests could offer IMVE actors to carry out acts of violence and recruit like-minded individuals. Finally, C

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. I am going to answer in English, so that the nuances are clearer. What I would like to say is that CSIS looks at and investigates threats all across the country. Those threats could potentially be directed at any area or any individual. We collect t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  From the CSIS perspective, we wouldn't necessarily comment on the actual physical security around certain areas. What we would do is try to get a very clear appreciation of the threat environment we are currently facing, recognizing that the threat environment changes. At the mom

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What I would say is that we absolutely work very closely with all of our police partners, specifically the RCMP, but all police partners of jurisdiction. We have a very robust process with the RCMP in regard to making sure we hold what we call one-vision meetings, where we ensure