Our members are very eager to work with government, whether that is through the procurement process or through consultation pieces like that. We were members of the minister's AI task force last November to have that conversation to make sure industry is heard. As my colleague Skaidra pointed out, as the government is thinking about AI and how to implement it, it is important to understand the end-user.
I like to point to the Ontario public service and its deal with Microsoft and Copilot. The number of individuals not using Copilot but instead using ChatGPT or other AI bots is 90%. Only 10% of people are actually using what the government has procured, because it doesn't fit their needs. As an Ontario citizen, it's very concerning that my data might be inside of someone's personal chatbot.
As the government is thinking about procuring pieces, they need to understand the end-user, as Skaidra said, but they also need to know where the data is stored and how it is being used. That's where Canadian sovereignty comes into the conversation. In credit to the government, there have been lots of conversations about that. It's something we need to continue to drill down on.