Transport committee  Before I answer your question, I would add one clarification. The small and medium-sized businesses we have here in Canada can develop expertise that is unique in the world if the cities also become their research laboratory. I could give examples of projects we have undertaken

Transport committee  There are two things to consider with this. There is the technological evolution, as well as the evolution of the standards that support these technologies. Today, we are trying as much as possible to standardize the technologies we're using. As you mentioned, if technology becom

Transport committee  I fully agree with that point. There should be technological communication channels that would allow political institutions to communicate with people and also allow citizens to express themselves in a context where their comments would be taken into consideration by the politica

Transport committee  To do this, Canada should develop an infrastructure that we call the Internet of Things. If I want a self-driving vehicle to travel on Canadian roads, with some data gathered and other data provided, we need to have the necessary infrastructure to make this connection possible. T

Transport committee  There are two things to consider about citizens' commitment to a smart city. In terms of the first aspect, let me use the structure of Quebec City as an example. In that city, there are many neighbourhood councils that are listening to citizens. I think it's a space that would m

Transport committee  Yes. The study is available. It was published in a scientific journal. I can share it with you. It is a study that has been referenced more than 700 times in the scientific literature.

Transport committee  I cannot give you figures on the browsing capability. However, I know there was an experiment on that somewhere in the world. I forgot the name of the city, but I can tell you about the experiment. The idea was to get seniors to surf the Internet through social support. So one, t

Transport committee  Today we are seeing the digital divide. I think that within one or two generations, we will be able to say that there isn't one anymore because young people are already using the tools. However, I think that support on the ground is needed for the 20% of the population who don't

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and good morning, everyone. Today, I will be presenting the findings of some research conducted by Université Laval, but first of all, I would like to thank the committee for this invitation. I'm very pleased to participate in your work. I will briefly p