Thank you.
I think this is a really important question. I want to go back to the observation that this is a general-purpose technology. It's going to change the way absolutely everything works. I think we do need to be asking all of our regulators throughout the system to look at this.
A body of expertise that can pull that together, coordinate and be a centre of expertise.... I do think this is the direction the U.K. and the U.S. are headed. I'm not familiar enough with the kinds of structures available in the Canadian system, but if there was an independent office under Parliament, I think that would be good.
I want to reference the earlier question about whether this should be an independent commission, like the one that's being proposed, for example.
I think there are dangers in having an independent commission that's charged with protecting against harms from AI, because I think that will not put enough weight on the enormous economic and welfare benefits that will derive from AI. I think the appeal of having it under the ministry right now is that there's an obligation to balance the risks and the benefits, and the costs and the advantages.
However, I do think—