Industry committee  No, not really.

Industry committee  Sure. We've even seen it in other jurisdictions. Basically, the best example is probably the one of small populations. When you want to bring data together and produce.... Basically, what is anonymization? It's producing statistics. We've heard means, aggregates, averages and stuff.

Industry committee  I am very supportive of all the comments that have been made. We had this debate when I was at the OPC. We did a public consultation, and the question came up about an AI start-up processing terabytes of data. It's not about the size; it's about the amount of data and the kind of data.

Industry committee  It's okay. I just wanted to check. There may be another one. You never know. It's interesting. There's a lot of activity. There's a lot of work in the U.S. The National Institute of Standards and Technology, for example, has put together really good work on AI risk frameworks and how to manage it.

Industry committee  It's an interesting question. Are we talking about the executive order on artificial intelligence?

Industry committee  Yes. The word “contextual” is important here, as well, because that's kind of how we want to look at anonymization. We want to look at where we are using this information. When Statistics Canada produces statistics or data that they make publicly available, the risks are very high because it's on the Internet.

Industry committee  The technology we use, the sophistication of it, is compliant in the sense that we look at the best practices that exist. We look at international standards. We look at guidance that is being produced, and we ensure that the anonymization we do meets those standards. We have guidance in Ontario, for example.

Industry committee  Thank you. I'm very pleased to have been invited to participate in the work of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology on Bill C‑27. I hope to be able to answer your questions on privacy and artificial intelligence services and technologies. Although my opening remarks will be in English, please know that I will be pleased to answer your questions in either French or English.