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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 37

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 1:01 p.m.

Room 025-B, West Block

Televised

Presiding

Hon. Bardish Chagger, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Bloc Québécois

Marie-Hélène Gaudreau

NDP

Rachel Blaney

Acting Members present

• Serge Cormier for Hon. Greg Fergus (Liberal)

• Richard Lehoux for Luc Berthold (Conservative)

• Jennifer O'Connell for Mark Gerretsen (Liberal)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Andre Barnes, Analyst

• Laurence Brosseau, Analyst

Foreign Election Interference

Witnesses

Elections Canada

• Serge Caron, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer and Chief of Security, Digital Transformation Sector

• Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer

Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections

• Marc Chénier, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Legal Counsel

• Caroline Simard, Commisioner of Canada Elections, Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections

Communications Security Establishment

• Alia Tayyeb, Deputy Chief of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)

Canadian Security Intelligence Service

• Michelle Tessier, Deputy Director, Operations

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(a)(vi) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, September 22, 2022, the committee commenced its study of the foreign election interference.

Stéphane Perrault et Caroline Simard made statements and, with Serge Caron et Marc Chénier, answered questions.

At 11:58 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:03 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Michelle Tessier and Alia Tayyeb made statements and answered questions.

At 1:01 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Justin Vaive

Clerk of the committee