National Defence committee  I have had the pleasure of having some interactions with the Quebec team, and I find the province's efforts in these areas very interesting. The federal government could learn a number of things from Quebec. The federal government certainly has more capacity than any province. I

National Defence committee  Ms. Mathyssen, I wrote a book on this called Intelligence as Democratic Statecraft. It's a great question. There are considerable differences here. I had for years warned Canadians, when they were very concerned about surveillance by the Canadian state, that they might want to b

National Defence committee  That's an excellent question, madam, because it has to do with the political culture and the strategic culture of each of these countries. For example, Iran primarily has strategic purposes in the Middle East region. Iran is not primarily targeting Canada, the United States or E

National Defence committee  There is always co‑operation for tactical reasons, i.e., to challenge the international political order, which Russia and China believe does not serve their interests. Authoritarian regimes do not trust each other that much. That's why I'm not too worried about this long-term co

National Defence committee  Ms. Normandin, it's not a risk, it's a reality. That's what's happening. Today, Canada lacks the capacity in several areas to be taken seriously by the other G5 partners, particularly the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. As a result, Canada is excluded from certa

National Defence committee  It's not about strengthening the bill. It's about making sure that we use effectively the capabilities we have. The U.S. has vast capabilities that it uses on a regular basis, in part to prevent a change in the international balance of power. That is not primarily Canada's object

National Defence committee  It is a fantastic question, and it hits the nail on the head. The problem with current political decision-making processes—not with respect to any particular government in this country—for years has been that we dither too long in making key decisions where we need to provide po

National Defence committee  That is a very good question, Mrs. Gallant, because you can imagine that a hostile [Technical difficulty—Editor] social credit system for its 1.4 billion people would have the capabilities of building out that system for the rest of the global population. If I were a betting man,

National Defence committee  It's a great question. We've tried for 20 years to build norms and consensus around this, and we've made very little progress within the UN and within other bodies. What you need to understand is that there are people who believe in the liberal rules-based international order—t

National Defence committee  The premise of smart cities is their interconnectedness and the ability to track both the content and the connections of people within that city. This is similar to the problem, that, for instance, TikTok poses on a micro level: that an adversarial actor can learn a lot about pe

National Defence committee  Well, Mrs. Gallant, I don't know what car you drive. I drive a minivan. It's about a dozen years old. Think about much of what's happening in terms of our networks within the Government of Canada as driving an old car. We're driving on old infrastructure where the government has

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will make my statement in English. However, I will be happy to answer your questions in English or French. The statement was distributed to you beforehand, so I will skip some parts of it. Harvard University’s Belfer Center's cyber-power index ranks Can

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think what we heard here is that the tabletop exercise can allow us, for instance.... This is also stakeholder and community engagement. It allows us to identify what the items are that are missing locally. Yes, we can't provide all the equipment in one go, but we can actually

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  When the Canadian Armed Forces go on domestic operations, there are three demands that tend to show up: general labour, expert capacity—we saw this during the pandemic health serve—and lift capacity, so air force. This is why, on the military side, the air force needs to be heavi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There is considerable concern about China's resource exploitation—fishing resource exploitation and other potential natural resource exploitation—in international waters in the north. As we know, these Arctic and Antarctic ecosystems are extremely fragile. If you disturb them..