Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's actually a real privilege to be here. I think this is a fascinating discussion, and it really speaks to where we need to be understanding of parliamentary interaction in the 21st century.
At the outset, I'll say that my three daughters never watch television. The only time I ever hear someone say they saw me on TV in the House, it tends to be a senior citizen or older. That's not any form of disrespect. YouTube is where almost everyone in the younger generation watches Parliament. They watch sections, because they're attracted by an issue. There is a wide network of people sending YouTube videos out. I think it's very exciting, because it is interactive and it is their television.
The question before us--and we really have to think carefully about it, because we want to encourage that parliamentary interaction--is that it is a balancing act between the obligation we have as parliamentarians within a jurisdiction, and our privilege and the honour we have of doing that, and the ability to manipulate an image very quickly.
I think the gavel-to-gavel question is important, because a ten-year-old can manipulate a YouTube video and someone ends up saying what they didn't say. Even if it's on a website, it might be damaging to some extent, but on YouTube it can be deadly to a politician's career. It's very easy to do. I don't think it would take anybody with more than a grade 4 education to know how to do it--well, someone who is in grade 4 today, not when we were in grade 4. Someone in grade 4 today can easily do it, but we would be more challenged. We'd have to hire a grade 4 to do it.
So the question, I think, in terms of limitations is on the manipulation of images that tarnishes or manipulates the work of a member, and I think the issue of parliamentary privilege has to come in.
You said you would contact YouTube in those situations. I've met with Google about issues of notice and take-down in the U.S., and notice here. What happens if a third party decides to manipulate a statement in the House of Commons and put it up? You contact them, and then what is the process?