Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chan and Mr. Sherman, for attending this committee today. It's good to see you again.
These data mining scandals seem to have finally penetrated the consciousness here in Canada that the data world is one that is largely without national boundaries, without effective protection or regulation of the personal information that Canadians voluntarily or unconsciously surrender as their part of the contract to use your service. In many ways, it is a fine service; I use it politically and have no complaints in that area. But, of course, our focus here is on the abuses that data mining has, and would potentially have, to interfere in our democratic process.
Where should Canadians look at Facebook for responsibility and accountability: to your Canadian entity or to the parent company? When did Facebook Canada learn of the abuse of personal users' privacy, and did Facebook Canada, Mr. Chan, individually and separately, hold back the reporting of that abuse for two years as the parent company did? Were you aware of that breach for the past two years?