Good afternoon, everyone.
I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 109 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.
Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders.
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’d like to welcome our witnesses today. From Amazon Web Services, we have Ms. Nicole Foster, director of global artificial intelligence and Canada public policy.
From Google Canada, we have Ms. Jeanette Patell, director of government affairs and public policy. Also from Google, and participating by videoconference, we have Mr. Will DeVries, director of privacy legal, as well as Ms. Tulsee Doshi, director of product management.
From Meta, we have Ms. Rachel Curran, head of public policy for Canada.
From Microsoft—