I wish.
On the point about the provincial laws, I think there was an assumption initially that if PIPA in B.C. and Alberta, and the law in Quebec were considered substantially similar to PIPEDA, they would, by default, be considered adequate under the European Union standards. The European Union, however, has rejected an independent application by Quebec to have its law considered adequate, so that assumption is not absolutely correct. That's something that's going to have to be figured out in the context of the upcoming review of Canadian adequacy under the EU's GDPR.
At the moment, the adequacy standards of the European Union are stipulated, but they're quite vague. They have to do with respect for the rule of your law. They have to do with the essential principles of data protection. They have to do with the existence of redress mechanisms. They're trying to walk a very fine line between protecting the rights of European citizens when their data is processed overseas and interfering with the internal politics and constitutional requirements of other countries. That's where the tension has existed with the United States.
On the EU-U.S. privacy shield issue, I think that the continuation of that arrangement is up in the air at the moment, for a number of reasons. First, the standard to which that was negotiated was the old European directive and not the new one. Second, there's litigation in Europe at the moment, specifically in Ireland, about the mechanisms by which Facebook is transferring data to the United States. On either side of the Atlantic, there could be a pulling of the plug on that agreement.
On whether or not we should take account of that, I couldn't really advise, because we don't know what the future holds.