National Defence committee  I'm sorry, but that was cut off there.

National Defence committee  Right. As I was trying to say, the briefings that normally take place will inform them about their obligations to protect their information, if they're.... For the most part, when we travel to China, even as a member who is on leave.... If you're going there as a tourist, you te

National Defence committee  The provisions of the Security of Information Act continue. Your obligations to the Security of Information Act continue as a military member even in retirement. It's just a matter of the jurisdiction thereof. All members of the Canadian Forces are subject to the Security of In

National Defence committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. Would you like me to take a crack at that or just deny—

National Defence committee  [Inaudible—Editor] answer that one as well.

National Defence committee  That's outstanding, Mr. Chair. Thank you. What I can tell you is that inside of defence it has always been the case that we are looking in terms of the security of Canadian Forces members and Canadian society at large. That is our role—to defend Canadian citizens and Canada—so a

National Defence committee  Certainly. In terms of procedures, we have a number of policies in place with regard to all manner of security, whether that be industrial security, physical security, personnel security or the security of information, information technology and information management. All of th

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would have to agree with your comment. It's definitely a speculative answer that I would have to give. It's nowhere near where I should be straying at this point. I believe it's not within my purview to answer that.

National Defence committee  I'm afraid I don't know what date that would have been referred to security partners. That's not within the purview of my responsibilities as director general of defence security.

National Defence committee  Yes, we will return to you with a date. Absolutely. I can't speak to what agencies have currently contacted us at present, if that's the question. I'm not sure when that would have taken place. That's not within my purview per se, but I know that we have been in contact.

National Defence committee  I'm not sure which is the lead agency on the investigation. It falls within the purview of the Department of Justice. Again, I'm not aware of who would be the lead investigator for that.

National Defence committee  I'm afraid it would be speculation on my part to say who it is. I would assume it is the RCMP, but I do not know that for certain. It's outside of my area of expertise.

National Defence committee  I'm not aware of whether or not we've had pilots present during those exercises. In fact, I was not aware that we had done Arctic training with them before this week.

National Defence committee  I do not know if any members of the air force.... I would assume they probably did, because the Canadian Armed Forces sent a team, but I do not know for certain. We can check and confirm that.

National Defence committee  At this point, it would be a bit of speculation on my part, because I don't know what measures were taken. I would expect that the measures were briefings on the intelligence concerns around being in the People's Republic of China, and that would—