Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. If I understand correctly, your question is about the foreign agent registry. Where do we stop and where do we start? Again, this is a discussion that is under way right now with our senior policy-makers and in consultation with our experts at applicable global secu

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, the RCMP takes all threats of intimidation and state-backed harassment and foreign interference very seriously. It has a national security information network that has been set up to receive complaints either via telephone through a 1-800 number or via email. However

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. If I understand, your question is how urgent it is, in our opinion. Any tool that supports the RCMP in their activities is good progress in the right direction. However, we want to get this right, in close consultation with Canadians, respecting Priva

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Madam Chair, I'm going to answer in English so I can be more specific. From the RCMP perspective, if I'm understanding the question correctly about a foreign agent registry, the RCMP would find that valuable for Canadians, as it would identify foreig

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, just to let you know, a number of provinces have their own legislation regarding threats to elections at that level. The RCMP is uniquely placed to work with those police of jurisdiction on both a proactive and reactive basis to educate them on indicators of foreign

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I just wanted to make sure we didn't run out of time. From the RCMP perspective, the RCMP does face challenges with transitioning security and intelligence information into criminal investigations. I know that there's been a lot of discussion on this with our elected officials

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Madam Chair, I can confirm that there were no criminal investigations into the 2019 elections, as per Commissioner Lucki's letter to this committee dated 28 November, 2022. That being said, there are active investigations into foreign actor interferen

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I am unable to respond whether there are investigations, Madam Chair, into federal election issues. I am able to confirm that there are active investigations into foreign interference activities.