Thank you.
I will begin with my question to Ms. Brandusescu. In your report “Artificial Intelligence Policy and Funding in Canada: Public Investments, Private Interests”, one of your main findings is that the current government policy allows companies with links to human rights abuses to pre-qualify as government AI suppliers.
In your previous answer, you talked about the military-industrial complex. We've heard stories of companies that actually tout their technologies as being battle-tested.
Are you aware of any companies that have been pre-qualified as suppliers, not just for facial recognition but throughout AI and this whole spectrum, that have previously been implicated in human rights abuses?