Public Safety committee  I'm not intimately familiar with how the U.K. operationalizes the threat intelligence; however, at the highest level, I do understand that amongst the Five Eyes nations, Canada is an outlier in terms of the lack of authorities our domestic security agency has to share threat intelligence with the business community.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. The Business Council represents approximately 170 of Canada's largest, most successful businesses, so I can't speak to the specifics of the challenges facing small and medium-sized businesses, but what I can say is that small and medium-sized businesses are very much a part of the supply chains of large businesses.

Public Safety committee  The Business Council did put out a recent report, last September, that set out a pretty comprehensive set of reforms that we believe the Government of Canada should adopt to address the most glaring gaps in Canada's economic security posture. We were very happy to see that a number of them were incorporated into this bill, particularly clause 34, which allows for increased information sharing.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, CSIS is presently prohibited by its governing statute from sharing all but the most generalized information with the business community. This is because, for lack of a better word, the federal government is CSIS's exclusive client.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair and committee members, thank you for the invitation to take part in your study of Bill C-70. We're an organization representing Canada's most innovative and successful businesses, so I will restrict my comments today to the portion of the bill that has the most direct relevance to the Canadian private sector.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair and committee members, thank you for the opportunity to take part in your study of Bill C-26. Founded in 1976, the Business Council of Canada is composed of approximately 170 chief executive officers who run Canada's most innovative and successful businesses. Our organization represents a broad cross-section of Canada's critical infrastructure sectors.