Industry committee  I'm glad you came back to consent fatigue, because many of us feel consent fatigue much of the time, but not always. This is where ongoing consent is very important. It's having the power to have a simple, easy-to-understand dashboard that essentially has a privacy slider from he

Industry committee  We're in a funny space where no one is quite sure exactly how generative AI is going to play out. There are huge disagreements around that. When I shared that view, that was the view of about a third of our community, who said the impact was going to be comparable to or bigger th

Industry committee  Can I just suggest the best way to protect the data of young people is to provide a very high level of data protection as an option to everyone? If someone indicates that they are a minor when they sign up, default everything to the highest level of protection and don't change t

Industry committee  I think it's good to have some unique protections and to force companies to handle them slightly differently. I do think we need to ask ourselves whether many of the protections enjoyed by children shouldn't be enjoyed by everyone in Canada. It's sometimes not clear why only chil

Industry committee  Yes, absolutely. At the very least, have an indication of how that would be determined by regulation.

Industry committee  Yes, I do, but I also think it's ethically wrong for adults. I think we should both be protected from that.

Industry committee  Yes, depending upon the wording. Our feedback might end up being that we should extend this to everyone, with a small extra portion of privacy for children.

Industry committee  Yes. I think that would be immensely valuable, especially getting them started on reporting to Parliament on what they think is going on. Evaluating the legislation, either before or after it's passed, would be valuable.

Industry committee  I have a quick observation on Canada's positioning here. A lot of the AI models and outputs of the AI models are going to be created in other countries but will still affect Canada. We can't prevent some of the worst harms that could occur from AI on our own. They're going to aff

Industry committee  I'd rate it between a three and an undeciphered symbol. We simply don't know what AIDA will be in the final version. We don't have every piece of the puzzle. As a starting point, as a white paper that we could then run a consultation around, sure, it's a great start. However, at

Industry committee  Thank you. Speaking to the point of urgency, like I said, our community also feels some urgency, but why is the urgency so much higher in Canada than in other jurisdictions that are looking at AI? Everyone is moving forward, of course, with delineating the risks, the impacts and

Industry committee  Good afternoon. I'm Matt Hatfield. I'm the executive director of OpenMedia, a grassroots community of nearly 300,000 people in Canada who work together for an open, accessible and surveillance-free Internet. I'm speaking to you today from the unceded territory of the Tsawout, S