Industry committee  I think using the Privacy Commissioner's expertise on privacy and other issues in artificial intelligence is a good way to leverage the expertise that is already there. I think a centralized entity that is able to audit companies for privacy and also for fairness and explainability would be the more efficient way to go forward, rather than splitting this into different entities that would have to coordinate anyway, because this issue is intricate.

Industry committee  For me, I think it should also include political parties. Anyone who has to collect personal data should also be included in law. I mean, I come from France, where political parties are also subject to the privacy legislation, so I don't know why it should be different here. It's still sensitive and personal data, so the obligation should be the same for political parties.

Industry committee  I think it will be to empower the Privacy Commissioner, especially, since you also need to add expertise on explainability and also on fairness, so I would basically try to leverage expertise on privacy but also supplement that with expertise on other ethical issues. I think that being able to conduct an analysis on all these topics seems to be the best idea.

Industry committee  I'll be brief. The risks are enormous, and the reason for using those tools seems debatable to me. For the moment, based on the information that has come out, the reason why those tools were used isn't very clear. Furthermore, I believe that a government should be irreproachable, since the bill requires businesses to conduct privacy impact analyses and to show that their practices are exemplary.

Industry committee  I think you should add a clause providing that those surveillance tools definitely not be used to collect data for which consent has been obtained from the persons concerned. That clause should focus specifically on how those surveillance tools should be controlled and ensure that the use of those kinds of tools is subject to significant guardrails.

Industry committee  The quantum field will have an impact on many aspects of communications security, not just on data monitoring tools. I think that the security standards that are being developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States and that will apply to the Internet already reveal a willingness to provide security tools that will help resist quantum attacks.

Industry committee  Hello and thank you for inviting me and offering me the opportunity to address you. I am going to give my presentation in French, but then I will be able to answer questions in English or French. In these five minutes, I am going to try to focus on the concepts of privacy, explainability and fairness in artificial intelligence.