The term “electronic service provider” in SAAIA is extraordinarily broad. It could capture telecoms, messaging apps, cloud storage, AI platforms, email services and potentially much more beyond that, and many of those providers are not Canadian companies. They are headquartered in the United States, the European Union or elsewhere, and they operate under the laws of those jurisdictions.
Can this committee get a clear answer on exactly which categories of service are captured under that definition and which are not, and does that obligation apply equally to providers headquartered outside Canada?