Joël Lightbound at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

Colleagues, good afternoon.

I call this meeting to order.

Welcome to meeting number 111 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 would like to welcome our witnesses.

We're meeting with Momin Malik, Ph.D. and data science researcher. He is speaking as an individual and is joining us by video conference.

We're also meeting with Christelle Tessono, a technology policy researcher at the University of Toronto. She too is joining us by video conference.

Lastly, we're meeting with Jim Balsillie, who is here in person and whom I would like to thank for coming to speak to the committee again.

I'll now give the floor to Mr. Malik for five minutes.