Thank you.
I want to thank my colleague for his comments on the work our previous committee did. I think the work of this committee has been recognized internationally. I was just in Washington at a meeting where people were talking about what this committee did. Facial recognition technology was the one next step, and many of the other jurisdictions around the world are still dealing with disinformation. They're still dealing with stuff that I think our committee has really gotten a handle on.
I think this is a major study, and I think we have to do it right. We may have to do it in sections, if that's needed, because we all have to be brought up to speed on AI and all that. I would suggest that we take a bit of time just to come up with a witness list that we're comfortable with and that we think would advise us and lay out the groundwork.
Then we may consider adding more witnesses. I don't think that in a study like this we should say that it's going have eight meetings and then come up with our witness list by Tuesday. This is something that is going to really open up a lot for us. I would suggest having an initial series of meetings based on some key people to come, and maybe then we could reconsider as to whether we've heard enough or we want to add.
Certainly, on the amendment, I'll say to my colleague that I'm sorry that I hadn't even put that in there, but this is fundamental in terms of how.... Also, on the biases, that's why I wanted to say “and the growing power of artificial intelligence”. It was the other element that our committee began to look at. The biases in AI are having huge civil rights impacts, because we have no ability to actually see inside the black boxes. To be able to look at this, I think, would be a very good study.
I don't think I need to add to the motion. I have said previously that I'm hoping we will invite all the officers of Parliament. I would like to invite Mr. Therrien very soon because he has already started an investigation. We don't want to be stepping on his toes. We want, I think, to respect what he's going to do and to hear from him. He may give us some advice on something that the committee could look at, because we will probably be looking in some comparable but different directions.