Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I was going to say that, yes, there's been a lot of criticism about this rushed public consultation. Even the government has admitted that it was conducted very quickly.
I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight the concerns of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which expressed concern that “federal consultations to update Canada’s strategy on artificial intelligence were rushed” and that—listen to this—they favoured “corporate interests at the expense of other voices”. In a letter to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, the union stated that it wished to warn the minister that “the updated strategy likely won’t address workers’ needs and protect the public interest”. According to the union, not only were there “short timelines”, as the government noted, but the consultation was also “corporate-heavy”. That's what's concerning.
Furthermore, the union pointed out the “lack of taskforce representation”. That's another issue. The government is so skilled at public relations that it said it was also going to create a panel of experts in parallel to—