If you took that step, and if foreign airlines wanted to do business with us, it would reassure us. Do you understand? From the moment you officially say that you are not sure and that Canadians should, as much as possible, avoid flying on a foreign airline, because we do not know where their private information will end up, it would send a clear message. If those airlines wanted to reassure us, they would tell us what they do with the information. But as it now stands, they do not. What you have analyzed in a neutral manner is that you cannot confirm that the information will not be passed on to their own government or to a third party.
On May 11th, 2010. See this statement in context.