Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Of course, that decision was on the line. The committee has the perfect right to make that decision. I would agree with Mr. Champoux that committee work means working often by unanimous consent, and I'm hoping that we get back to that.
Mr. Ahmed, I want to come back to you.
I'm stunned to learn that you have 25 members on your team. Please pass on our sincere appreciation for 25 people doing such remarkable work in the face of the big tech juggernauts and the massive increase in hate and disinformation we are seeing.
One of the things that can help to push back against this hate and disinformation is having transparency around online algorithms. Bill C-292, before the Canadian Parliament, seeks to do that.
In the United States, before the U.S. Congress, as I know you are aware, Senator Ed Markey has put forward similar legislation to oblige big techs to actually expose the algorithms they use to force-feed, in this case, hate and disinformation to so many people.
The concern in big tech, of course, is that they'll be libel if there is a direct link between the massive terrorist attacks that we've seen linked to hatred, whether anti-Semitic, homophobic or racist, and their algorithms. A legal liability would be established.
How important is it for Parliament and the U.S. Congress to adopt this kind of legislation to hold big tech libel for the egregious practices they have?