I think the most outstanding example was the Maher Arar case, where rendition in the U.S. of a Canadian citizen was unacceptable from a Canadian perspective. That happened very shortly after 9/11. In any discussions we have with the United States, it is extremely important that we put some red lines in, some no-go areas. We have to establish what is acceptable from a Canadian perspective with respect to our charter obligations. This could come up in relation to information and intelligence sharing, cooperation on diplomatic activities internationally, better standards for container traffic, advanced passenger information coming to North America, and other topics.
Intelligence and information sharing is not a bad thing, provided we are clear about our fundamental privacy and human rights issues. The Americans also have quite strong safeguards in these areas, but there are differences in their constitution and legal system that we may need to take into account.
Coming back to your earlier point about jurisdictional subordination, it seems to me that those are areas where we cannot go if there is a conflict of values. There are many other areas, however, where we might be able to work with the Americans on information sharing, policing, criminals, and so forth.