Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Some time ago, a hard-hitting report about fraud on social media was broadcast on La facture. It reported on a case that had happened on Facebook.
A young retiree in the Gatineau region had seen a very convincing advertisement on Facebook that urged him to invest in cryptocurrency and Bitcoin because there were big returns. The individual in question, who was intelligent and level-headed, decided he was going to do a test. He invested small amounts and then withdrew them. It worked. There was a return. Everything went well.
He then decided to manage his retirement fund himself. He invested all the savings he had accumulated over his lifetime. Once the money was transferred, radio silence. The money had been transferred out of the country. There was no longer any way to recover his money. Having lost all the savings he had accumulated over his life, this retiree was obliged to go back to work.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to get access to celebrities and make them say anything you like.
What is the federal government doing so that this kind of thing never happens again?