Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, good evening.
I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 55 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 Monday, September 26, 2022, the committee is meeting to study the current state of blockchain technology.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of Thursday, June 23, 2022.
We are fortunate today to have several witnesses at what might be the final meeting on the important subject of blockchain technology in Canada.
By videoconference, we welcome Dina Mainville, the Founder and Principal of Collinsionless.
From the Digital Asset Mining Coalition, we have Sheldon Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc., who is also a member of a digital assets mining coalition; in person, we have Daniel Brock, a Law Partner at Fasken, whom I'd like to thank for being here in Ottawa with us; with us virtually we have Geoffrey Morphy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bitfarms Ltd; and here in person, we welcome Ms. Tamara Rozansky, Partner, Indirect Tax, at Deloitte Canada Informal Systems Inc.
Virtually, we have Ethan Buchman, Chief Executive Officer of Informal Systems and, according to my notes, Stephen Oliver, Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Calgary, at Tetra Trust Company.
Thanks to all the witnesses for being here with us today.
Each witness or group of witnesses has five minutes to give their address.
Without further ado, I would ask Ms. Dina Mainville of Collisionless to take the floor.