I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 100 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology. This is a bit of a special occasion.
I would also like to note that this is the birthday of our analyst, Alexandra Savoie. We wish her a happy birthday and thank her for her help with this important study.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, April 24, 2023, the committee is resuming consideration of Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts.
I would like to welcome the witnesses and also apologize for this meeting starting late.
Our witnesses are Sébastien Gambs, Canada research chair in the privacy-preserving and ethical analysis of big data, who is participating by videoconference from the Université du Québec à Montréal, and Philippe Letarte, head of policy and public affairs at Flinks.
From Option consommateurs, we have lawyers Sara Eve Levac and Alexandre Plourde. And last, we have Sehl Mellouli, deputy vice-rector of education and lifelong learning at Université Laval, who is joining us by videoconference.
Welcome, everyone.
With that, I will not take up any more time. We will start with the opening remarks without further delay.
Mr. Gambs, you have the floor for five minutes.