Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I’d like to start off by giving you some background about our company, Mapsted. We have been in business since 2014. We’re an award-winning Canadian technology firm that provides highly scalable and accurate location-based solutions inside and outside any building without the use of additional external hardware such as Bluetooth beacons or Wi-Fi connectivity.

Health committee  We are an innovative technology company, and that's why we pride ourselves on having 62 patents in six years, from the company's formation. Back to your question, any authentication and credentials can be done to control the data. First, the data is stored on your personal device.

Health committee  First of all, technically the entire population can have access to this technology. One of the main cases is that you need to have a smart phone to enable the use of this technology. Theoretically, you can deploy this using Google Play store or App Store, and you can give everybody the capability to use this technology.

Health committee  The percentage would depend on how we want to deploy the technology. If 70% of people have a smart phone, they can easily install the smart phone application, and the rest can go on a website and access similar features on a web browser. The compatibility depends on how we are deploying the technology.

Health committee  I believe Canada hasn't been the front-runner in adopting contact tracing. In the past week we had an announcement from the PMO that BlackBerry and Shopify would be collaborating to build a contact tracing app that would be available for Canadians to download anonymously and voluntarily.

Health committee  First of all, I think it's true that it needs to have 60% uptake. I don't feel we would get a 60% uptake on a contact tracing app in Canada. I don't believe we should make it mandatory. We are not a country that would take away that right from its citizens. I feel we should complement that with other location-based technology or another traditional method.