Thank you all for being here today.
This bill concerns me, particularly since we've also examined the no-fly list on the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. Correct me if I'm wrong, but, from what I understand of this bill, we are going to provide the Americans with information such as the names, dates of birth and gender, as well as flight details, I believe, of Canadian passengers, so that the American authorities concerned can check to see whether any of those Canadians appear on their no-fly list. However, having studied this as part of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, I know that these U.S. lists are really poorly done. And the Canadian list is no better, as it includes the names of minors. Go figure.
Those people were not even able to tell me on what criteria they added someone's name to a list. The biggest concern in this matter is that, when you want to remove your name from the list, you face a real Tower of Babel.
Mr. Goldstein and Mr. McNaney, I was struck by the fact that you spoke at length about the economic aspect and that human rights seemed to be the least of your concerns. Nor do you seem concerned by the fact that this information could be used for good or bad purposes. We don't know since we have no control over it.
Do you have any solutions to suggest to us, apart from voting for this bill? Perhaps you don't think there's a problem.