Good afternoon. I now call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 17 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Pursuant to the order of reference of Saturday, April 11, the committee is meeting for the purpose of receiving evidence concerning matters related to the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today's meeting is taking place by video conference. The proceedings are being made available via the House of Commons website.
I would like to remind the members and the witnesses to please wait before speaking until I recognize them by name. When you are ready to speak, please unmute your microphone and then return to mute when you are finished speaking. When speaking, please speak clearly and slowly so that the translators can do their work.
As is my normal practice, I will hold up a yellow card when you have 30 seconds left in your intervention, and I will hold up a red card when your time for questions has expired.
I'd now like to welcome our witnesses.
We're joined by François Perron, director of CyberQuébec.
From Google Canada, we have Colin McKay, head of government affairs and public policy. From IBM Canada, we have Eric Johnson, partner, British Columbia public sector, global business services. From Mimik, we have Fay Arjomandi, founder, president and chief executive officer; and Michel Burger, chief technology officer.
Each witness will present for seven minutes, followed by a round of questions.
With that, I will start with CyberQuébec, Monsieur Perron.
Mr. Perron, you have seven minutes.