Welcome to meeting number 101 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
Today's meeting is taking place in the hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
I would like to take this opportunity to once again remind everyone that we can't have screenshots or photos taken of your screen. It's simply not permitted.
We have witnesses on the tech giants in today, and we have three on Zoom and one in person. As an individual, we have Jean-Hugues Roy, professor, École des médias, from UQAM in Montreal. From the Center for Countering Digital Hate, we have Imran Ahmed, the chief executive officer; and from Digital Content Next, we have Jason Kint, the chief executive officer. All three witnesses are here virtually. In person, as you can see in the room, is Michael Geist, Canada research chair in Internet and e-commerce law, University of Ottawa.
We have five-minute statements, and we'll start with Jean-Hugues Roy, the professor from UQAM, the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Sir, you have five minutes to address the Canadian heritage meeting here this morning. Go ahead, please.
You're either on mute or we have a problem. I thought we ended these problems two years ago, but I don't know. I was here in the room when you were successful with your sound check, so let me just check on it once again.
Mr. Roy, we can't hear you. We're going to go to the next speaker, and we'll get back to you in a minute.
From the Center for Countering Digital Hate, Mr. Ahmed, the chief executive officer, is up for five minutes.
Thank you.