Canadian Heritage committee  What I was trying to say is that algorithms are theoretically content agnostic. They react to how people are engaging with content. They have profiles of who people are, and they try to serve that content up to other people. I will say that I am all for algorithmic transparency.

Canadian Heritage committee  I agree with Brad. I think on curated platforms, where there is an editorial decision being made like on Roku or Amazon, etc., they are acting as broadcasters and I believe they should be subject to the Broadcasting Act. Brad can upload all the content he wants to YouTube or TikTok or Snapchat or Facebook, because there's nothing stopping him from doing that.

Canadian Heritage committee  In theory, I agree with you.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sorry, Mr. Champoux. I want to give that all due respect. I don't know. I'm kind of new to all this. I don't know what “Governor in council” means, to be honest.

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. In theory, you can.

Canadian Heritage committee  Could you buy advertising on the platform? Yes, you can do it on television too.

Canadian Heritage committee  We are not very good friends with the.... I'm sorry. I heard an echo. Algorithms are a funny thing. I don't know the algorithm. There are best practices—

Canadian Heritage committee  Nobody knows the algorithm. There's no magical, mystical Oz behind a curtain. It's machine learning and AI.

Canadian Heritage committee  Because it's equal across the globe.

Canadian Heritage committee  Nobody really knows the algorithm. There's no magical Oz—

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to answer the question first.

Canadian Heritage committee  I actually have no idea.

Canadian Heritage committee  Can you define Canadian artists?

Canadian Heritage committee  I actually don't.

Canadian Heritage committee  Can I answer the question, please?