Welcome, everybody, to meeting number 75 of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, June 14, 2017, we are looking at the Canadian anti-spam legislation, CASL.
Today, we have Scott Smith, director of intellectual property and innovation policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
From the Desjardins Group, we have Ms. Diallo, senior legal counsel, as well as Natalie Brown, director.
From the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, we have Alysia Lau, external counsel for regulatory and public policy, and John Lawford, executive director and general counsel.
As an individual, we have Barry Sookman, partner with McCarthy Tétrault.
We are going to jump right into it. You will each have eight minutes to do your presentation.
We are going to start with Mr. Smith.