Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Commissioner.
The protection and safeguarding of an individual's personal information in the digital world, and the artificial intelligence world we're evolving into, in my view must be protected from the abuse of businesses and what they may intentionally or unintentionally do with that information.
After eight years, this new Liberal privacy bill, which is flawed, introduced 18 months ago, sat for a year in the House before it was brought for debate. You are Canada's Privacy Commissioner, the guardian of privacy for individuals in this country. Did the Liberal government consult and involve you in the development of this bill before it was introduced in June 2022?