Thank you.
I think you are correct in pointing to the U.S. as the one who demands that information now. I think also that Canada has shown itself capable of negotiating well, both with the United States and with the EU, on PNR and other matters relating to aviation security. For example, the way that Canada checks its hold baggage is radically different from the U.S. standard, yet we still manage to maintain our independent way of checking our own bags, so there is clearly space within the aviation field to negotiate with the United States.
It seems to me that you have pointed to a very productive amendment, which is to say explicitly that API information is minimal and meets the requirement of secure flight, whereas PNR is large, open-ended, and superfluous, and could lead to the kind of profiling or misuse of data about which we are all so concerned.