Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  I don't know. I'm sure there are a lot of Daniel Carons.

Transport committee  All right. I'll take it.

Transport committee  That's how I understand it.

Transport committee  I'm just talking about the application of the U.S. Privacy Act and the rights that are contained under the act, and that generally does not apply to visitors or aliens. With respect to the secure flight program overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, because they have

Transport committee  I don't think I'll be of much assistance. I'm not an expert in U.S. law, U.S. civil liability, or the liability of government, so I'm not sure that I can help with answering that question.

Transport committee  We're not questioning the ability of the United States to put in place the secure flight program. I think it's international conventions, and international law recognizes that a country's sovereignty does extend to the space above its territory. International conventions recogniz

Transport committee  Effectively, the U.S. Privacy Act does not apply to visitors or aliens, so it would not apply to Canadians. However, with respect to the secure flight program, the Department of Homeland Security has stated that it will mesh together the personal information of foreigners and Ame

Information & Ethics committee  I'm aware of the fact that a request has been issued to the Federal Communications Commission, and as Mrs. Kosseim mentioned, 38 attorneys general are looking into this.

Information & Ethics committee  I can't fully answer that question.

Information & Ethics committee  I guess personal information that is stored in any country is subject to the laws of that country. So it would be possible in certain circumstances for some U.S. agencies to have access to that information.

Information & Ethics committee  They would have access to it by virtue of being President of the United States, for example.

Information & Ethics committee  That's right. The data is being stored in the U.S.

Information & Ethics committee  To my knowledge, there isn't any civil litigation with respect to that matter.

Information & Ethics committee  I think it may have to do with the data my colleague just spoke about. Some of that data might be relevant to some of the ongoing civil actions that have been consolidated in the U.S. So out of an abundance of caution, we didn't want to recommend that Google destroy data that mig