Ron McKinnon at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

I call this meeting back to order.

I would like to welcome our witnesses for this second hour.

From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, we have Mr. Philippe Dufresne, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, and Lara Ives, executive director of the policy, research and parliamentary affairs directorate. From the Department of Canadian Heritage, we have Owen Ripley, associate assistant deputy minister of cultural affairs; Katie O'Meara, policy analyst; and Galen Teschner-Weaver, policy analyst.

Mr. Dufresne, thank you for waiting. You've been very patient. I now invite you to make an opening statement of five minutes, please.