I call the meeting to order.
Good afternoon. Welcome to meeting number 91 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, as per the rules. Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, April 24, 2023, the committee is resuming its study of Bill C‑27, an act to enact the consumer privacy protection act, the personal information and data protection tribunal act and the artificial intelligence and data act and to make consequential and related amendments to other acts.
I would like to welcome our witnesses today. We have, appearing as individuals, David Fraser, partner at McInnes Cooper; Éloïse Gratton, partner and national leader, privacy and data protection, at BLG, who is joining us by video conference; and Daniel Therrien, lawyer and former Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Ms. Gratton was my professor at Université de Montréal for a short time, so it's nice to see her again. Finally, from the Canadian Anonymization Network, we have Adam Kardash, partner, and Khaled El Emam, professor, both joining us by video conference.
Thank you all for being here today.
We are fortunate to have this panel for our study of Bill C‑27, so without further ado, I will turn the floor over to Mr. Fraser for five minutes.