Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. First of all, when an attack happens, you need time to figure out the nature and scope of the attack. That can't happen immediately. That 72 hours that the members were looking at is actually from the time you become aware of it. It is based on recommendations by the United States, in their Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act, or CIRCIA, which is from 2022.

Public Safety committee  I can only echo those sentiments, because everything pretty much has been pointed out and said in that regard. I always like to remind everybody as well, though, to put it into a Canadian context while looking for alignment and harmonization with other jurisdictions. Thank you.

Public Safety committee  It is very critical. That's a definite “yes” that we should act in a timely manner. I would also like to emphasize that we need to get it right and not rush through it in a way that.... I'm a little hesitant to name a time frame because the focus should be on all the challenges we pointed out and addressing these properly.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I wanted to make one more point that members had mentioned to me. We had this experience with another bill. If we wait too long, provinces might go ahead and start their own legislation. A few members have mentioned that there is a concern that while we are internationally lagging and maybe also not harmonizing right now in many ways, this could happen on a domestic or provincial level as well.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Shipley started with one example. If you think about cyber incidents and threats, I don't think we can even keep up with any records and reporting in terms of how many there are a day. MP O'Connell, you mentioned Atlantic Canada, the Newfoundland health care infrastructure that was impacted as well.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, good afternoon. My name is Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia, and I'm the senior director of digital economy, technology and innovation at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. I'm also the Canadian Chamber's architect and policy lead for the digital economy committee's future of artificial intelligence council and the “Cyber.

Industry committee  I'd gladly jump in here. Thank you for the question, Mr. Falk. As the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, we don't have a large number of small businesses that we represent. Though it is very diverse across sectors and across jurisdictions and industries as well, the few that we have engaged with haven't really commented on it, if I may say so.

Industry committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Yes, indeed, we have received a long list of Bill C-27 recommendations from our members. A detailed brief was submitted to INDU in September and is available on the committee page, just so you're all aware. Please note that our analysis of the bill is ongoing as new material becomes available, such as the eight government amendments.