The consular database is information received from Canadian citizens who have sought consular assistance abroad. That database is restricted to the consular program only within Global Affairs. So, any information in that database is covered under the Privacy Act. To access information that I would hold would require a request under one of the authorities from another government department before we would take a decision on whether that threshold was met and what would be shared.
On February 7th, 2017. See this statement in context.