I think it needs to be credited as relevant to the committee. I would just note, Mr. Chair, that the Privacy Act protections that I mentioned, which have now been rescinded from data involving non-U.S. citizens, or non-green card holders, I think leaves it as an open question as to what the limits are on sharing of information pertaining to Canadian citizens.
As mentioned through the information sharing agreement, I think it is not clear whether there are any limitations on how that information shared with the U.S. government will in turn be protected by the U.S. government, and whether it can be shared across U.S. government agencies and to the public, or shared with other countries.
The default protection for a U.S. citizen is the Privacy Act. In the absence of the Privacy Act, there are not necessarily clear protocols and it might even vary from agency to agency in the United States.