Good afternoon everyone. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 19 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, and the proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website.
I'd like to remind members and witnesses to please wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. When you're ready to speak, please unmute your microphone and then return it to mute when you have finished speaking. When speaking, please speak slowly and clearly 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.
Today we have two separate panels. For the first panel we have with us today, from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Mr. Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner; Mr. Gregory Smolynec, deputy commissioner; and Martyn Turcotte, director, technology analysis directorate.
Before we start with the witnesses, I believe Mr. Masse would like to speak.
Go ahead, Mr. Masse.