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Transport committee Yes, you're right, one of our concerns is that if we.... We're not saying we're not going to share information. We're saying let's share it with some safeguards. One of those safeguards would ask, are you going to share this information with third countries? We're hoping that th
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee The issue is contained in your question. What is the information that's going to be shared? We don't know yet. Name, gender--
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee Actually, PIPEDA didn't state that they could share it with anybody. Now that exemption is gone, so that's the issue behind this. If airlines are compiling dossiers on people, if they are compiling information such as whether you showed up at the airport to cancel your flight, ho
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee It's not sharing your name, but if they take your name and pass it on to another agency that can arrest you, suddenly you're in a position where your rights have been impaired. What can you do to deal with that? Why should an innocent person lose the presumption of innocence?
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee Actually, it's what happens with the no-fly list quite a bit, and that's the problem. There are a million names on the no-fly list right now in the United States.
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee No, there are a million names on the U.S. no-fly list right now. We just met with our colleagues from the ACLU. The reason this case is being challenged before the courts is that they're saying it's completely unconstitutional.
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee No, not to my knowledge.
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee Yes.
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee Canada agrees with that, and so do we.
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee May I clarify what I think you're getting at?
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee We completely agree that the U.S. has sovereignty over their airspace. We're not challenging their sovereignty, but the issue of privacy also has to be dealt with.
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay
Transport committee I agree with everything that Nathalie has just said. I just want to add that there are many practical reasons, of course, to ensure--obviously we want to ensure as well--that we continue to have access to U.S. airspace. But it's not something we need to be strong-armed into doi
November 23rd, 2010Committee meeting
Sukanya Pillay