In terms of the sandboxes for organizations, we're not currently resourced to offer this, but my international counterparts are, and they are doing it with business, so they will say, “You can come over, and you can test this new technology in a safe space where the regulator can provide input, can provide risk. We're able to provide proactive guidance and to be consulted, and we have services for that, but not to the extent of offering sandboxes. This is something I'd like to be able to do. I think it would be good for Canadians and good for industry.
We've identified that we would need ongoing annual funding, an increase of about $25 million for Bill C-27, to optimally provide those services based on those new authorities.
In terms of the sweep that you made reference to, with our partners we look at various numbers of websites and see.... I don't have the randomized formula that was used by the team, but the goal is to say that we're going to do some spot checks and see.... Are there trends? Are there concerns? Are we seeing some websites that are using what we call deceptive practices or dark patterns, which are communication tools that will lead people into making bad decisions and will sometimes trick them?