Good afternoon, everyone. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting no. 94 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the standing orders.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, April 24, 2023, the committee is resuming consideration 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'd like to welcome our witnesses today: Daniel Konikoff, interim director of the Privacy, Technology & Surveillance program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association; Tim McSorley, national coordinator at the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group; Matthew Hatfield, executive director of OpenMedia; Sharon Polsky, president of the Privacy and Access Council of Canada; John Lawford, executive director and general counsel at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, who is joined by staff lawyer Yuka Sai; and Sam Andrey, managing director of The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Thank you for being here today.
I'm pleased that we are able to start on time.
Without further ado, Mr. Konikoff from Canadian Civil Liberties Association, you have the floor for five minutes.