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View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
Have any of those private sector or public sector actors come to you and said they've had an incident and they'd like your help looking into it?
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:40
We have worked with some private sector actors. Whether or not it's related to COVID or the research and development type of activity remains to be seen, but we've been working with private sector actors ongoing. It increases as more people become aware of what we can provide and what work we can do together. Certainly, as we get more information out there about what's—
View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
On COVID specifically, though, have institutions or organizations come to you and told you they've been subject to an incident related to COVID research?
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:41
Yes, we've seen activity coming from organizations that have seen malicious, or at least suspicious, activity. We're working with them to determine whether or not it was malicious, where it came from and if it was successful.
View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
Have there been any instances where you have been able to make a determination about the source of the hacking?
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:41
We've turned that over to the intelligence side of the business to look at where it's coming from.
View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
I understand.
This question is for CSE and the RCMP.
We hear from constituents all the time about scams. The RCMP has tallied up that it costs individuals about $100 million a year overall for these scams, at least those that are reported. I would say they are under-reported, because people are embarrassed when they are taken advantage of. We hear about this all the time, and it's not just from seniors, although I've heard predominantly from seniors.
We've made significant investments in cybersecurity over the last number of years. You are the experts. Are there measures that other countries take that we do not? Are there measures, in your experience and estimation, the government could take to better strengthen our society against such fraud?
Scott Jones
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Scott Jones
2020-05-20 16:42
I'll start and then turn it over to my colleagues in the RCMP.
The first thing we've done is we've really tried to give practical things that every Canadian can do that are within reach. That's something all countries are doing. We've tried to make this as accessible as possible through, say, Get Cyber Safe.
The second thing we've tried to do is to find partners who can give capability. CIRA is a great example of that. That's something every Canadian can look into that immediately raises the cybersecurity bar. The one thing with cybercriminals especially is that they go after the lowest bar. If it's not economically feasible, they're going to move on to the next target, so by doing—
Monique St. Germain
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Monique St. Germain
2020-03-12 12:13
Thank you and good morning.
Ms. Chairperson and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for giving us the opportunity to provide a presentation on Bill C-5. My name is Monique St. Germain. I am the general counsel of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, which is a registered charity dedicated to the personal safety of all children that has been operating for over 30 years.
For the past 17 years, we have been operating Cybertip.ca, which is Canada’s tip line to report the online sexual exploitation of children. Cybertip is a central part of the Government of Canada’s national strategy for the protection of children from sexual exploitation on the Internet. We also created and operate Project Arachnid, a global platform to reduce online child sexual exploitation.
Every day our agency bears witness to the brutal ways in which children are victimized online. The vast majority of the reports we receive through Cybertip relate to images and videos, material that depicts very young, prepubescent children, many of whom are pre-verbal and cannot tell anyone about the abuse they are enduring. Most of these children have never been identified by law enforcement.
We also work directly with survivors of childhood sexual violence, including those whose childhood sexual abuse was recorded. We know all too well the devastating and long-lasting impact that these crimes have on victims and their families. I am here this morning to express our agency’s strong support for Bill C-5 and to put forward our recommendations to specifically account for children in this bill.
First, the term “sexual assault law” is not defined in the bill. It should be crystal clear within the Judges Act that the term is meant to include all offences listed in clause 4 of the bill.
Second, the Criminal Code offences for which a record must be created does not include the offences related to commercial sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking. This oversight must be rectified. Consideration should also be given to including offences that involve the use of technology such as the offence of making child pornography.
Third, the mandated inclusion in training that is set out in proposed paragraph 60(3)(b) of the Judges Act is incomplete when it comes to children. Topics that need to be included in training to be responsive to the needs of children include grooming, which is a process by which an offender lowers inhibitions and gains access and time alone with children. We actively monitor reported case law related to sexual offences against children, and it is clear that the Canadian courts need to deepen their understanding of this very common offender tactic.
Another topic is the age of protection or the age of consent. These Criminal Code provisions are complicated. They are specific to minors, and they reference concepts such as trust, authority, dependency and exploitation, all of which are critical legal concepts when it comes to a child’s capacity to consent.
A third topic is the dynamics of child sexual abuse. There are significant differences to consider between adult and child sexual assaults. The perpetrators are different. The extent of vulnerability is different. The tactics used are different. The rates of disclosure are different. Even the ability of the victim to recognize if something was or wasn't a sexual violation is different. All of these issues must be accounted for in any training if that training is to be responsive to children.
The online terrorization and manipulation of children that occurs via technology is unprecedented in today’s society. There are multiple complex Criminal Code [Technical difficulty--Editor]. We live in a world where children can be virtually assaulted and where live-streamed child sexual abuse is ever increasing. The impact on children of technology-related offences can be as serious as offences involving physical contact. It's essential that technology-facilitated offending be included in this training.
Finally, the history and purpose of various Criminal Code provisions that are meant to address the needs of children in the court process, such as testimonial aids, publication bans and section 161 of the Criminal Code, must be covered. These are incredibly important for children.
In closing, we see the concrete evidence of sexual assaults against children every single day. Children are far too often the victims of sexual assault. It is imperative that judicial education account for their unique vulnerabilities, their status as independent rights holders, and all of the Criminal Code provisions that exist to protect their interests. Children deserve to be understood by our courts, and to be fully accommodated throughout all court processes. Thank you.
View Philip Lawrence Profile
CPC (ON)
My questions will be for you, Ms. St. Germain.
I think you have some excellent ideas here specifically, but there are three areas where I think you wanted to see an addition. You wanted to see children specifically included, and people in general who are abused virtually, as well as victims of human trafficking.
Is that correct?
View Kamal Khera Profile
Lib. (ON)
Minister, my second question is about cybersecurity. We know that more Canadians are relying on information technology, which has made us more connected than ever before, but that also poses the question of vulnerabilities for hackers to exploit. We know that cybercrime has grown by more than 100% between 2014 and 2018, according to StatsCan.
In Brampton, my colleagues and I worked very closely with Ryerson University to fund the Cybersecure Catalyst, which is a national centre for cybersecurity in Brampton.
Minister, can you tell me exactly how our government is fighting cybercrime and keeping Canadians safe? Thank you.
View Bill Blair Profile
Lib. (ON)
We're investing $201 million to bolster Canada's ability to fight cybercrime. We're creating an RCMP national cybercrime coordination unit. Perhaps in the next session the commissioner will be able to provide you with more details.
View Kamal Khera Profile
Lib. (ON)
Thank you.
I want to go back to my earlier question on cybersecurity and cybercrime.
We know that cybercrime grew by more than 100% between 2014 to 2018, according to StatsCan. Can you elaborate a bit on what our government is doing or what investments we're making to fight cybercrime and keep Canadians safe?
Brenda Lucki
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Brenda Lucki
2020-02-27 10:03
Absolutely, thank you for that question.
As part of the strategy, there is approximately $201 million over five years and $43 million per year ongoing to bolster our ability to fight cybercrime. This includes the support of the creation of the RCMP national cybercrime coordination centre, which we refer to as NC3.
The mandate of NC3 is to coordinate Canadian cybercrime investigations and collaborate with international partners. It's also to provide digital investigative advice and guidance to Canadian police across the entire country, produce actionable cybercrime intelligence for Canadian police and establish a national public mechanism for Canadians and businesses to report cybercrime to police.
We established two additional cybercrime investigative teams, in Milton and in Montreal. In addition, there has been additional funding of $78.98 million over five years for the enforcement of cybercrime from the RCMP.
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