Public Safety committee  In fact, it is not our role. This verification was focused on measures intended to protect the personal data that was gathered. We did not study the effectiveness of the program. In fact, we agree entirely with our colleagues that its effectiveness has not been demonstrated, and

Public Safety committee  As I said at the outset, we deal with all privacy issues that come under those four main criteria, which include effectiveness and need. In our opinion, the program must continue to be observed from that perspective. Over time, we will have to assess whether or not that is approp

Public Safety committee  I have not yet received the proposed Canadian measures to adjust to the Secure Flight Program. However, I have received assurances from Transport Canada and the Department of Public Safety that they will send us this information so that we can study it. We will do the necessary a

Public Safety committee  If I understood correctly, domestic flights that only fly over American territory for a brief period are not affected. What we are discussing, for the near future, are flights that spend a much longer time over American territory. We would be talking about a destination outside o

Public Safety committee  Or are being implemented.

Public Safety committee  I am not personally aware of how they have fixed it. We have received assurance that they were fixing it.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. We will be happy to get back to you as to exactly how they have been solved. Yes, for sure.

Public Safety committee  We issued our report just a few months ago. So far we have worked with Transport Canada to see how they will fix that situation. We intend to do a follow-up to make sure they fix it, but we're giving them time to actually do that. We intend to check up with them again to see that

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. I am accompanied by Carman Baggaley, who is a senior policy analyst with our office. We are very pleased to be here today. We are happy to discuss the implications of certain Canadian aviation security measures in relation to privacy. We commend you for add

Information & Ethics committee  We have looked at the privacy assessment of the smart Canadian passport as currently proposed. It will contain a chip that has no more information than page 2 of the passport currently does.

Information & Ethics committee  No. There is no iris scan in the smart passport.

Information & Ethics committee  In the assessments that we are doing at the moment, that is not what departments are proposing. They have not proposed using iris recognition as a means of identification.

Information & Ethics committee  There are a few things. First of all, we are considering this a watching brief, and we have received assurances from CATSA that they will look at every possible technology that could make this less privacy-intrusive, such as the possibility, one day, that it not be seen by a hum

Information & Ethics committee  First of all, every privacy impact assessment, in other words, the assessment that departments or agencies are subject to when implementing a program or policy, includes a security component. So we ask serious questions about that. Second, we take note of any vulnerabilities for

Information & Ethics committee  Not systematically, no, but we perform audits in cases where we think it is the most relevant. An audit—