Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely. The predominant emotion is fear. We need to get in there and make that not the only part of the discussion. Fear can often introduce nostalgia, which is just going to bring us back when we need to go forward. We need to be talking about what is not working and is scar

Information & Ethics committee  I think we do. I think where the Sidewalk Toronto project went off the rails was that the DRP didn't create conditions. The DRP didn't say the data and the digital infrastructure would be public. When you use procurement as an option, you can set terms within it. It doesn't requi

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Zimmer, I want to thank you for checking on me, in terms of my confidence to respond but the reason I'm saying I don't know is because of what I know. I'm saying this in a professional capacity of knowing that the people who tell me they know what to do right now are the ones

Information & Ethics committee  It's extremely important. I think the challenge at this point in time is that technology often works to the end-user, to me. I have an app. I use a product. When you have companies starting to set up projects like Sidewalk Toronto, where every product line is almost a parallel

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. This is hard for me because I don't think we know the answers, so I'm just going to riff a bit on some areas. One of them is that we need to be having conversations with the people in this country about some of the things we're talking about in terms of privacy. Beca

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I would, and that's me included, even though I'm trying. There were times when we did nuclear public safety campaigns. We talked about fire. We talked about risks to public health and risks to the country. I think it's time for that again. That's one piece. Secondly, I'm drawing

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not trying to be evasive. I really don't think what I think is that important here. I need to understand what we all think about some of this stuff when we talk to each other. If I hear other stories from other people what I think today might start to change. I think that is

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I think clarity in what is being exchanged is important. I also think, and this goes back to the first point, that limiting.... It is more of a single-use idea rather than “just have it” and then it can keep evolving in terms of what you're doing with it. Clarity in that lan

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, and also on things like standards. Explore other mechanisms that aren't just the law. I don't think we can pull this all off within law, particularly not privacy law. There are too many other things going on. I also think just because you ask specifics, I know in this city

Information & Ethics committee  From being in communities and talking to people...and maybe this just needs to be said because I'm running community meetings and talking to people about data and technology. Some of the sitting people in government seem to think that it's cool to be doing things with technology

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I completely agree with you.

Information & Ethics committee  I think a lot of people are sort of culpable in where we are. As a citizen, I have perhaps legitimized the last 10 years of how the government has been acting by not being more vocal. As a technologist, I saw hints of some of this, but in that time I also wanted to believe that a

Information & Ethics committee  It's just lack of clarity.