Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to both of our guests for being here today.
My first question is on facial recognition. I'll allow both of you to get in on this.
With the way that research is being done right now, is there any commitment to or thought about how that can be applied to not just the private sector, but also the public sector, say, the border and other types of government services that are provided? I'm curious as to whether there is even direction for that or whether that has happened. As we look at research and more grants and development, I wonder whether this is coming back to the public sector in any aspect with the direction.
Facial recognition is one that I'm a bit interested in, having toured some of the sites, even 15 years ago, that were doing the initial work on that. The advances been unbelievable. We vote now in the House of Commons through facial recognition on our hand-held devices.
I'll turn it over, but I'd love to hear from both of our guests here today.