Transport committee  The privacy impact assessment from DHS shows a list of what will be transmitted, and it does not include that. It includes name, date of birth, gender, document number—

Transport committee  Because the secure flight is strictly intended for airline security. Therefore, all they ask for is the information they feel is relevant to that. As I said, that's the identification plus itinerary and passport number—

Transport committee  No, I wouldn't say that. I'm saying that, technically, Secure Flight asks for very specific information. It doesn't include, for example, criminal records, but that does not mean that the American authorities would not check—

Transport committee  In all fairness, it must be said that Transport Canada has assured us that it is indeed carrying out this oversight. The department has accepted our recommendation on this matter, and based on the most recent updates we have received, Transport Canada is in the process of strengt

Transport committee  Indeed, we do not have much leeway. The Americans are a sovereign nation. As I said earlier, negotiation has its limits.

Transport committee  First, in 2008, we began working on body scanners with the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, when it launched a pilot projet in Kelowna. In 2009, CATSA officials produced an evaluation of privacy-related issues once we knew that Canada intended to go ahead with body scan

Transport committee  A very low level, very low--

Transport committee  It's a very opaque, secret piece of information. Of course—

Transport committee  What I understand from the objectives of the United States—and I did speak with American colleagues to understand the rationale, for example, behind the retention rates—is, first of all, that it is based on a very specific threat related to flying that does not exist with a land

Transport committee  That is a finding. When we analyzed the program, we obviously examined, among other things, the way Transport Canada oversaw the airlines that have the list. We observed, and this is a neutral fact, that it is difficult to fully oversee foreign airlines, which are accountable to

Transport committee  We share your concerns. That is precisely why we have given such priority to this issue, going as far as to actually analyze the privacy impact assessment from our colleagues in the U.S. It is precisely because we wanted to see exactly how far the Canadian government could go in

Transport committee  I think you've said it very well right at the outset. Geography works against us here, in addition to international law. The fact is that to have practical international travel between Canada and, say, South America, there is no other choice but to fly over the United States, and

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Chantal Bernier. I am Assistant Privacy Commissioner for the Privacy Act. Today I am accompanied by Carman Baggaley, principal analyst in our office, who has a vast experience in the subject under discussion. Today I would like to talk about

Public Safety committee  No, I can't, because we have never analyzed it in its entirety. We still have outstanding issues. One of the first paragraphs of the audit specifies its scope, and it's a limited scope. It is to ensure whether the personal information was properly and securely held. However, as

Public Safety committee  The official from Transport Canada told us there were no minors on the Canadian list. I haven't seen the list, but I am assuming that what he said is true.