Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to our witnesses for being with us this afternoon. As you can see, this is a subject that the committee is finding extremely interesting. It's certainly more involved the more people we hear from, so it's great to hear from the experts and those who certainly understand it a lot better than I do.
There have been a lot of different comments made here today, and I think I would like to ask Ms. Pettit the first question.
I know we talk about social media as being one of the greatest tools there is for researchers, and that it will become more important as we move forward and social media becomes much more the norm in many more circles than it is today. I agree with that, and I think we need to move forward, but I think we need to move forward in a way that is responsible and that is safe. I think that's the crux of what we're trying to determine.
I understand that you certainly do market research and that you don't sell articles, but as has been stated, the people you sell your research to do sell articles. We need to make sure the public is protected.
Now, one of the statements that I thought you made was that you weren't interested in seeing stricter rules that would hamper your collecting information in an “ethical” way, as you describe it, that what you're doing now you're doing in an ethical way, and that because of the rules that are in place, you're able to do that.
If the rules are changed, I think you indicated—or intimated, at any rate—that it would force you to collect information in another way that may not be quite as ethical. Could you...?
By the look on your face, I guess you didn't quite say that. Please elaborate on that and straighten me out on this issue.