Good afternoon. It is my pleasure to see you again, virtually this time.
I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to the twelfth meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the committee is meeting to study quantum computing.
Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Members may attend in person or by Zoom. Those who are attending in person in Ottawa know the public health rules in place, so I expect that they will behave accordingly.
We have two groups of witnesses with us today to begin our study of quantum computing.
In the first hour we will hear from Nipun Vats, Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Research Sector, at the Department of Industry, and Geneviève Tanguay, Vice-President, Emerging Technologies, at the National Research Council of Canada.
Before moving on to questions, I am going to let the witnesses make their presentations for a few minutes on the subject under consideration today.
Thank you for being here with us.
Mr. Vats, I give you the floor for six minutes.