Natural Resources committee  One of the things we want to avoid is collecting data differently, because we have lots of systems in place.

Natural Resources committee  What we need is an interface to be able to integrate data for various reasons—various levels of security, etc. The Green Button standard that was talked about is one of them. You can actually look at the data from different sources through, say, a consistent dashboard. Depending

Natural Resources committee  The readiness is that the system exists, but consistent data across Canada doesn't exist yet. However, this interface, this schema, that Green Button standard—that exists. As more utilities come on—and it could go to water, it could go to gas, it could encompass all of the differ

Natural Resources committee  —and then the assumptions that go along with it. People need to be able to play with that and then make a judgment call, saying they trust this projection better than this one. That's where your judgment call comes in.

Natural Resources committee  To be quite honest with you, I think it's going to be an ongoing race. There is no silver bullet. Technology is evolving, and whatever we build, somebody can break. There is no unified answer. We just have to keep on working on different technologies and different ways to keep da

Natural Resources committee  I could go back to our experts in that area, if you wish, and ask them to provide a brief. I think I would have to go back and get particular recommendations for you, and they change from month to month.

Natural Resources committee  There are a whole bunch of recommendations in terms of how to handle data, VPNs, and so on and so forth, on how to protect it in the first place, how to anonymize it properly, and so on. I think, though, that if you want recommendations on a month-to-month basis on what is going

Natural Resources committee  We give our members an opportunity to come to the organization and say, “These are the items that need to be worked on. This is what we need to explore.” That goes through a process to be evaluated by other members and to be looked at in order to determine whether we want to fund

Natural Resources committee  First of all, we speak for IEEE Canada, not necessarily for IEEE. I technically could, because I'm a board member of IEEE, but I just want to be proper about this. We stay current in terms of knowledge through the ongoing publishing business, through the publishing process. IEEE

Natural Resources committee  Are the questions at the end for everybody?

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. I'm Maike Luiken from IEEE Canada. It's a pleasure and honour to have a first opportunity to address this standing committee of the House of Commons. I'll say a couple of words about IEEE and IEEE Canada. IEEE is the world's largest technical professional