Industry committee  Thank you for your question. I believe that blockchain technology is a historic opportunity for giving power to the people, by giving them the capacity to manage their information themselves. I firmly believe that each individual ought to be responsible for managing their person

Industry committee  Your question is particularly applicable to me because Quebec's Institut de gouvernance numérique was advocating that the province should adopt a digital strategy for Quebec in 2014. From the outset, we had been proposing that the government do some serious exploration of these i

Industry committee  I believe that Mr. Déziel could answer that better than I can, but I believe it's undeniable that the absence of regulations is benefiting people with bad intentions and causing people to lose the trust they ought to have in blockchains. For me, it's a disaster. As we've been say

Industry committee  I don't see a problem with that. I would, of course, be pleased to do so.

Industry committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I am very pleased to be here with you. My name is Jean‑François Gauthier and I am the chief executive officer at the Digital Governance Institute, a non-profit organization that was founded almost 10 years ago. Our mission is to develop and implem