Mr. Chair, earlier we talked about young people's access to drugs. This morning, a very credible radio station in Montreal, 98.5 FM, revealed that Dr. Marie‑Ève Morin, who, as you will no doubt recall, has testified before our committee, noticed that Meta's platforms were authorizing ads for illegal drugs. She intervened and went to great lengths to contact people at Meta to get them to close these accounts, but she never succeeded. When she revealed this situation, Meta closed her account.
I'm going to go even further. I hope that all those who are concerned about young people's access to drugs will stop advertising on Meta's platforms. It's one thing to publish something, but it's another thing to advertise and promote.
I'm sharing this with you, and I'll come back to it. I thought it was important to talk about this today, because these platforms are very popular with young people. It is unacceptable that such an undertaking should be tolerated and encouraged.