Why then is the European Union so worried about profiling through the collection of data on individuals? Why is the European Union, in many documents produced by noted experts in these fields--documents that deal directly with the nature of the agreements being ironed out between the U.S. and Europe--saying that this is a concern ? Your argument just doesn't follow in the context of what is happening in the world of information. That's the problem we have.
We've had evidence in front of this committee that French journalists have been put on a list because of publications they have put out. We have a situation that is of grave concern to a lot of Canadians. We need to understand exactly how this information is going to be used. That is the basis of what all the privacy people have told us. They don't like this bill. They don't think it's appropriate. They don't think it gives enough safeguards to Canadians, and I don't understand where you see these safeguards being added.
Is your department dealing with the privacy concerns of Canadians? How are you guaranteeing that what you're doing is going to keep those privacy concerns in line? You haven't shown me anything.
Were you privy to the negotiations with the United States over this? Are you one of the people in the department who would have been sitting with the U.S. officials to negotiate this arrangement?