Yes, in order to move this study along, I have put together a list of witnesses. To the best of my ability I represented all parties at this table and the witness list that came forward. It is as follows:
That, pursuant to the motion passed by the Status of Women Committee on November 14, 2016 related to the one (1) meeting designated on November 30, 2016, in order to examine the effects of automated algorithm based content curation as part of the study on violence against young girls and women in Canada, the Committee invite the following witnesses to present evidence: Dr. Diana Inkpen of University of Ottawa; Colin McKay, Head of Public Policy and Government Relations of Google Inc. (Canada); Thierry Plante, Media Education Specialist at MediaSmarts, Canada's Centre for Digital Media Literacy; Dr. Sandra Robinson of Carleton University; Kelly Acton, Director General of Communications and Marketing Branch of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; and Corinne Charette, Senior Assistant to the Deputy Minister at Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications.
That makes for a total of six witnesses, which would be three on each panel. All of these witnesses come with expertise with regard to algorithms. There is a mix of both private enterprise and public, and of course research-based groups more on the study side of things, but there is also the practical hands-on. I tried to go for a good balance there.