Industry committee  Okay. I understand the liability for content that a platform itself uploads, but anyone can create a YouTube account and upload any music video or any other infringing product. Your Content ID system will probably flag that, but we know that system has problems. I've heard about them.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. To the witnesses, excuse me, but I am briefly putting forward a motion. I'll certainly come back to you as quickly as possible. Mr. Chair, I am putting forward and seeking unanimous consent for the following motion: That the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), undertake a study of no less than 4 meetings to investigate the impacts of the announced closure of the General Motors plant in Oshawa, and its impacts on the wider economy and province of Ontario.

Industry committee  No. I am asking for unanimous consent now.

Industry committee  Again, it's to to undertake a study of no less than four meetings to investigate the impacts of the announced closure of the General Motors plant in Oshawa.

Industry committee  In that case, I will move a formal notice of motion: That the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), undertake a study of no less than 4 meetings to investigate the impacts of the announced closure of the General Motors plant in Oshawa and its impacts on the wider economy and province of Ontario.

Industry committee  Thank you again to the witnesses for coming in and being part of our study. I'd like to start with you, Mr. Schmidt. Obviously, we've heard from many witnesses that they make so little money from Spotify royalties that it may as well be nothing. The claim is that only the biggest artists make any money from Spotify.

Industry committee  —this is a country where we believe in democratic values.

Industry committee  Well, the previous chief statistician—

Industry committee  —resigned over this. I think it's important to note that—

Industry committee  Again, it shouldn't just be up to some bureaucrat to decide how that—

Industry committee  Thank you. I appreciate that.

Industry committee  Thank you again, Mr. Chair. Minister, you said earlier that the information that would be used from this pilot project would be used for analysis for policy-makers. StatsCan repackages its data for private businesses to purchase. It's an endeavour that brought in about $113 million last year.

Industry committee  Well, Minister, we had the chief statistician come in here and explain that sometimes companies will ask to have datasets—

Industry committee  —and put them into certain ways so that they can better use them to sell their products. Minister, you have to appreciate the point that this information would be highly valuable. As my colleague Mr. Chong has said, groups like Amazon already have large transactional databases of their own.

Industry committee  Minister—