I call this meeting to order.
Good afternoon.
Welcome to meeting number 25 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 Friday, May 13, 2022, the committee is meeting to study the subject matter of part 5, divisions 15, 16 and 17 of Bill C‑19, budget implementation act, 2022, No. 1.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of Thursday, November 25, 2021. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application. Those who are here, in Ottawa, know the health rules in effect. Please act accordingly.
I am pleased to introduce our witnesses for today's committee meeting.
First, I'd like to apologize to the witnesses and thank them for their patience. A vote delayed the start of this meeting, and that somewhat shortens the time we'll have for the meeting today, because we must end at three o'clock exactly. I thank you for your patience and co‑operation.
As an individual, we again have Ms. Vass Bednar, executive director of the master of public policy in digital society program at McMaster University. In Ottawa, we have Ms. Jennifer Quaid, associate professor and vice-dean of research in the civil law section of the faculty of law at the University of Ottawa. We also have Mr. William Wu, partner, competition, antitrust and foreign investment at McMillan LLP.
From the C.D. Howe Institute, we have Mr. Benjamin Dachis, associate vice-president, public affairs. From the Canadian Bar Association, we have Ms. Elisa Kearney, second vice-chair, competition law and foreign investment review section, and Mr. Dominic Thérien, secretary, competition law and foreign investment review section. Finally, from Unifor, we have Ms. Kaylie Tiessen, national representative, research department.
I thank all the witnesses for being with us.
Ms. Bednar, you now have the floor for five minutes.