Parliamentary Committee Notes: Overview Note

General Information

Date: Thursday, April 27, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 225-A, West Block

Motion

You have been invited to appear at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) for their study on Foreign Election Interference, following a motion adopted by the Committee on February 21, 2022:

That, given the recent Globe and Mail reports written by Steven Chase and Robert Fife which brought forward shocking revelations regarding Beijing's strategy to interfere and influence Canada's democratic institutions, the Committee, for the purpose of addressing this significant threat to our democracy,

  1. extend its study of Foreign Election Interference by as many meetings as required to investigate these reports and, to that end, schedule at least one meeting on February 23, 2023, and at least two meetings during the week of February 27, 2023;
  2. invite senior officials from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Communications Security Establishment, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Elections Canada (including the Commissioner of Canada Elections), the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force, the Critical Elections Incident Public Protocol (CEIPP) Panel, and the Privy Council Office to testify on these reports;
  3. invite The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to return to testify on these reports;
  4. invite The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety;
  5. invite The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, to return to testify on these reports;
  6. invite Jody Thomas, National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister;
  7. invite Vincent Rigby, former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister;
  8. invite David Morrison, former Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister; and
  9. hear each of the foregoing witnesses in public and any other witnesses the committee members wish to hear from.

First hour (11:00am to 12:00pm)

You will appear for the first hour of the meeting with the following officials:

Opening Remarks

The Chair will invite you to deliver opening remarks at the start of the meeting, to last between five and seven minutes, which will be followed by questions from committee members.

Rounds of Questions

Second hour (12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.)

During the second hour of the meeting, PROC will consider the Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario 2022.

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