Good morning, everyone. I now call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 48 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of January 25, 2021. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. The webcast will always show the person speaking, rather than the entirety of the committee.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I'd like to outline a few rules to follow. Members and witnesses may speak in the official language of their choice. As you know, interpretation services are available for the meeting. Please select your preference at the bottom of your screen.
Again, before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. All comments by members should be addressed through the chair. Of course, when you are not speaking, your microphone should be on mute.
As is my normal practice, I will hold up the yellow card for when you have 30 seconds remaining in your intervention, and I will hold up the red card for when your intervention time has expired.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in the first hour of the INDU committee meeting, we will be meeting to begin our study of Bill C-272, an act to amend the Copyright Act, concerning diagnosis, maintenance or repair.
I'd like to now welcome our witnesses to INDU. We have with us today, Mr. Bryan May, member of Parliament for Cambridge and the sponsor for the bill.
With that, we will allow the member to present his bill for five minutes and [Technical difficulty—Editor].
MP May, you have the floor.