Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Could I begin by simply informing the committee that the group of people accompanying me are on one hand some staff members who in the years they have worked at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner have never attended a hearing of the Privacy Commissioner. We realized, perhaps belatedly, that it was very important for them to see what happened and what the interaction was.
Moreover, as I was explaining to the chairman, we have Mr. Allassani Ouédraogo from the National Commission for the Protection of Data of Burkina Faso, which is now the first commission accredited according to African international standards. Mr. Ouédraogo is here with us in Ottawa to see what we do here and possibly to learn from us since both of our countries are members of the Francophonie.
Thank you very much.