Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
In a way, I understand the circumstances for my colleague Mr. Kurec. It's a very thorny issue and we have lots of questions to ask the witnesses. I must admit that I've been doing more and more research into the matter, and every day, the things I've been reading raise further questions.
I'd like to begin by talking about something that Ms. LaPlante mentioned at the outset, and I think that Ms. McPhail raised it as well. It would appear that facial recognition technology is just one facet of our more general concern about the use of artificial intelligence . Some algorithms analyze not only our face, but also our behaviour, the things we say, our voice and how we move.
As a Black Canadian commenting on facial recognition, I am well aware of the fact that cameras cannot render the same image quality for people with darker skin, women or younger people, as for white men. It would appear to be a systemic problem.
Would you agree that the cameras themselves can be prejudicial to some people because they weren't developed specifically for them?
Let's begin with Ms. LaPlante.