Information & Ethics committee  Anything that falls under mass surveillance would definitely be unreasonable. Tracking people en masse indiscriminately would be considered unacceptable to me and to the board based on their decisions, as well as any use of technology that can be shown to be inaccurate, leading t

Information & Ethics committee  Some did, some didn't. I'm afraid that's the way these things go. Conversations that I've had with—

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, through you, it's hard to discuss very broadly the issue of facial recognition without the context of the particular use. There are definitely many concerns that you've heard throughout these discussions. There is also the obvious benefit of successfully cr

Information & Ethics committee  There were two kinds of concerns. Well, there are a few concerns, but I think the greatest ones had to do, as we've discussed here earlier, with the misidentification of individuals and also from the contrary side where the technology is effective with basically mass surveillance

Information & Ethics committee  Through the chair, I think neither of these will be the correct answer. It's supposed to help law enforcement identify perpetrators and victims, to help them carry out their duties. So whatever duty that you believe that law enforcement has, it is just another tool in their belt

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair, I could respond to that. Along with my opening remarks, I also submitted the Toronto Police Services Board's recently approved policy on the use of AI. That also encompasses any use of facial recognition. Anything that uses facial recognition or other biometrics is c