Science and Research committee  That speaks to that whole-of-government approach. We lead that work at Public Safety Canada. We engage with our partners. We review the applications that are referred to us. We do assessments of the technology and the issues that come to the floor. We look at the partners and

Science and Research committee  There are no specific thresholds, because we have to do individual assessments on a case-by-case basis. We have to look at the parameters, the elements, of each and every file to make that determination.

Science and Research committee  If I may, part of that challenge is changing the culture. There's a long history. Our universities have established partnerships for quite some time. Part of what we're doing, and part of why we have non-binding guidelines and why we've been engaging for a period of time, is to s

Science and Research committee  I think part of the work of the Research Security Centre is exactly that. It's a whole-of-government endeavour. Our key partners beyond our portfolio would include ISED, Health Canada and other science departments. We want to pay attention to their expertise and capacity to giv

Science and Research committee  First of all, the collaboration is extremely important, and with our Five Eyes partners we absolutely collaborate and try to learn from our respective best practices in this area. Absolutely those discussions occur. We are indeed preparing advice. As I mentioned earlier, the go

Science and Research committee  I think part of that comes from paying more and more attention to the technologies. The government hasn't yet released, but is intending to release, a list of sensitive technologies that we want to focus on. We want to make our partners in those areas aware that they need to secu

Science and Research committee  I think that's part of the importance of the framework and the guidance and regulations that we have put in place. It informs and educates the universities on the kinds of indicators they need to look at when they're investing in research and identifying partners. It is helping t

Science and Research committee  Indeed, I think part of the massive improvement is just increased transparency. The increased work that we're doing with stakeholders and with universities in particular and the creation of a research security organization within my department allow us to make a concentrated effo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Is it automatic? The community works together. The RCMP are part of the team that looks at this information. They do, in that sense, have ready and automatic access to that information. Obviously the use of that information under the Elections Act or under the criminal law has to

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a super important question. The ability to build a trusting relationship with diaspora communities in the country, between those communities and government institutions, is critical to our work. To that end, we engage directly with those communities. I have an advisory boar

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can confirm that the RCMP is not investigating any of the allegations arising from the last election. On the specifics of the first part of your question, I will endeavour to come back, because I don't have specifics on that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The RCMP form a critical part of the team of people who assess activities during elections. They were aware of the information that was brought forward. They have looked at that information and have concluded that they will not pursue a criminal investigation. I know that my col

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The commissioner of elections is an independent officer and indeed would pursue in their own right the ability to look at allegations as they're brought forward.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Indeed, the RCMP would pursue those portions of allegations that fall under the criminal law. There would be a conversation between the RCMP and Elections Act officials or commission officials to look at the corresponding violations that may occur under the act that they would be

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.