The Hon. the Speaker: So ordered.

Honourable senators, before Senator McPhedran speaks, I wish to inform the Senate that she will be exercising her right of final reply and her speech will have the effect, according to rule 6-12, of closing debate on this inquiry.

[Translation]

Hon. Andrew Cardozo: Senator Housakos, will you take a question from me, sir? Your speech helped me to understand what your concern is. I have had doubts about it myself. But I think that you really clarified it in my mind.

On the one hand, I think that you are seeing the algorithms as being as innocent as the driven snow and a government body appointed by an elected government as being the devil incarnate. I have a slightly different view of algorithms. We have heard about enormous hate, misogyny and anti-Semitism that has been promoted and received a high degree of attention through these algorithms. Controversy drives algorithms.