Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I mentioned in my opening statement, we do have a new ad transparency feature, which, again, up until very recently was available only in Canada, in which individuals can see all the ads that are running, not just political ads, but all the ads that are running on Facebook in Canada at any given time.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In the United States in time for the mid-term Congressional—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, if I may, sir, I just want to give you a bit of a preamble.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Our intention is to roll out the archiving of ads around the world.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We are piloting a project, sir, in the United States, because there is an election coming up.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  These measures will be rolled out around the world. Like “view ads”, it was initially launched in Canada first so that we can understand how it works and get feedback from stakeholders. Then we can implement it globally. We are taking the same approach for the things that we are piloting in the United States.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would not, sir, presume to be able to give you at this time a definitive date, but our intention is to indeed roll it out around the world.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you mean people who are advertising on Facebook?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Oh, for government advertising, I don't believe so. No, sir.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To my knowledge, we have not received anything from Elections Ontario.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  May I, sir?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  With all due respect, I think what I just went through in my opening statement is more than just a plan. We are actually implementing things on the platform, including “view ads”. When it was launched in November as a product whereby anybody can see all the ads that are running on Facebook, it didn't exist anywhere else in the world.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would just say, sir, in general, that we do have relationships and open communication channels with electoral commissions around the world and in Canada—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To the extent that we receive requests from public authorities, such as Elections Ontario, about content on Facebook—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question, sir. I have to admit, since you didn't refer to it, I don't know specifically which piece of content this is, but if it is the one I'm thinking of, I believe you'll discover that it's no longer on the platform.