I call this meeting to order.
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to meeting No. 99 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.
I appreciate the cheery atmosphere and hope it will last for the entire meeting.
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.
We have with us today in person Mr. Barry Sookman, senior counsel for McCarthy Tétrault. Online, we have Elizabeth Denham, chief strategy officer with the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund. We have Kristen Thomasen, assistant professor at the Peter A. Allard school of law at UBC, who is also joining us by video conference.
Thank you to all of our witnesses. Each will have five minutes.
Before we start, I see that Mr. Perkins has a point of order.
Mr. Perkins.