Michael Chong made a statement and answered questions.

At 7:41 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:48 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

It was agreed, — That the draft report, as amended, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That the report be entitled: "Report on the Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2022".

It was agreed, — That the Chair, clerk and analysts be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, — That dissenting or supplementary opinions be submitted electronically, in both official languages, to the clerk of the committee, not later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 26, 2023.

ORDERED, — That the Chair present the report to the House.

At 8:13 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 8:20 p.m., the sitting resumed.

It was agreed, — That, in relation to its order of reference of Wednesday, May 10, 2023, concerning the intimidation campaign orchestrated by Wei Zhao against the Member for Wellington—Halton Hills and other Members, the committee:

(a) make use, for the purposes of this study, of the evidence received during its study on foreign election interference, without limiting the witnesses who may be called;

(b) make use, for the purposes of this study, of the evidence received by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics during its study on foreign interference, without limiting the witnesses who may be called;

(c) invite each of the following to appear on their own:

(i) the Honourable Michael Chong, for one hour;

(ii) Eric Janse, Acting Clerk of the House of Commons, for one hour;

(iii) the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, for one hour;

(iv) the Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, for one hour;

(v) the Honourable Bill Blair, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, for one hour;

(vi) Jody Thomas, National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, for two hours;

(vii) David Vigneault, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, for two hours;

(viii) David Morrison, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Acting National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, for two hours;

(ix) Mike MacDonald, former Acting National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, for one hour;

(x) Vincent Rigby, former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, for one hour;

(xi) Michael Duheme, Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, for one hour;

(xii) Cong Peiwu, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Canada, for two hours;

(xiii) Ward Elcock, Former Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service;

(xiv) National Security and Intelligence Review Agency;

(xv) National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians;

(xvi) Dan Stanton, Former Executive Manager-CSIS, Instructor on National Security at University of Ottawa;

(xvii) Michael Wernick, Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management, University of Ottawa;

(xviii) Artur Wilczynski, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa;

(xix) Wesley Wark, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation;

(xx) Stephanie Carvin, Carleton University;

(xxi) Jessica Davis, Expert and President of Insight Threat Intelligence;

(xxii) Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa;

(xxiii) Thomas Juneau, NSI Expert, Associate Professor at University of Ottawa;

(xxiv) Andrew Mitrovica, Writer;

(d) direct the parties to provide their preliminary lists of other witnesses to the clerk of the committee within one week.