Information & Ethics committee  Yes. Thank you. I certainly share Mr. Therrien's opinion, but I would like to add something else. If I could in this questioning just pick out one thing, it is to say that for whoever is going to control whether something should be taken down or not, or whether it's true or not

Information & Ethics committee  The short answer is no. I share Ms. Weintraub's problem. I keep looking for the perfect solution and I only find, at best, half-baked attempts. Ms. Stevens, we'll stay in touch about the matter, and the minute we find something, I'll be very happy to share it.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Lucas. The answer is that national practices vary. Some countries go more towards the United States model. Others go towards the United Kingdom model. In truth, though, we are finding that in many countries where the law is more restrictive, in pr

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for that question, Mr. Zimmermann. The Internet Governance Forum is a useful place to meet and talk, but we must be very careful not to let it remain just a talking show. The problem is that it is a forum in which many interesting ideas are heard but very little gover

Information & Ethics committee  The short answer is, yes, I would be happy to assist you. We are setting up a task force precisely on privacy and children and online harm. It's a very difficult subject, especially because some of the terminology that has been used is not very clear, including the use of words s

Information & Ethics committee  Not to my knowledge. We have coming up two United Nations committees, at least one of which might be discussing ancillary subjects. There is the so-called open-ended working group inside the UN, which will start working probably in the autumn, where you might be tempted to broach

Information & Ethics committee  The audio feed is working, thank you, Mr. Collins. I thank you also for the work you've put in on your report, which I must say I found to be extremely useful for my mandate. Very quickly, I share the concerns of both the previous witnesses. The importance of who the messenger w

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and members of the grand committee, for the invitation to speak. I will try to build on what Mr. Therrien has said in order to cover a few more points. I will also make some references to what other witnesses presented previously. First, I will b