Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today and for your opening statements.
One thing that I think is quite clear with misinformation, disinformation, hate speech and its role by state actors and non-state actors is the point that the strength of any country or any state is its people. That whole war of using misinformation and disinformation to create disruption, create agitation and undermine the democracy of a state like Canada is troubling. It leaves a lot of the communities that are impacted very vulnerable.
I'll start with you, Mr. Kolga. You mentioned local influencers being used to amplify messages. You used Russia as an example. I'll say that we've also seen stories and articles of Indian influencers who have called upon the Government of India to put money into political parties here in Canada to ensure that a certain political party wins the upcoming election, for example. We've seen Russian bots trying to influence a certain political party and its perception here in Canada as well.
How do we regulate that? How do we hold people to account while also maintaining the sensitivity around local communities that become victims on both sides of the situation, ultimately?