Madam Speaker, I like the member, and I always enjoy his speeches. I am going to try a third time to get an answer from Conservatives, though, about the important issue around facial recognition technology and the fact that we are now aware of the discrimination that can take place through the use of this technology. The report of the committee itself states very clearly that in the case, particularly, of racialized women, we are talking about an error rate of up to a third, which has profound implications for individuals who are caught by this weakness in the technology.
Under the Harper government, we saw a weakening of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Recommendation 13 in the report is “That the Government of Canada update the Canadian Human Rights Act to ensure that it applies to discrimination caused by the use of facial recognition technology and other artificial intelligence technologies.”
I have asked this question twice to other esteemed colleagues, but I have not received a response. Could the member advise me? Is he in favour of strengthening the Canadian Human Rights Act in this way?