Public Safety committee  Yes. I would agree that there would be an improvement in terms of reduction of harm from that list. As my colleagues here testified, there has been no evidence provided of the effectiveness of the list, so I can't testify that the list keeps us safe or is effective. I would love

Public Safety committee  I would agree that it will take time to build the redress system, that it is complex. I will agree with that. What I don't see is that the framework in Bill C-59 ensures that a redress system will ever be built. I would like to see in the legislation, just as the administrative p

Public Safety committee  Certainly. Yes. This list is maintained by the government. It should be enforced by the government. If the list is in the hands of the airlines, we see inconsistent application. We see families getting their babies to sign up for rewards programs to get through, so yes, it is ab

Public Safety committee  Thank you. On the first point, that was Yusuf Ahmed who spoke to that. Yes, it's reasonable to expect that as these young men become older, verifying the identity of a three-year-old is much different than verifying the identity of a 20-year-old, especially considering the profi

Public Safety committee  I would say, if we had the U.S. redress system here today, it would be a definite improvement over, as you said, the status quo that we have. I don't think anyone thinks that it is a perfect system, but it would definitely be a massive improvement over what exists today.

Public Safety committee  Thank you.

Public Safety committee  I don't know specifically about biometric information, but I do agree that using additional identifiers makes a lot of sense. For example, if we mandated that the date of birth be used in addition to the name, we calculated that would reduce the number of false positives by a fac

Public Safety committee  If I may—

Public Safety committee  —one interesting thing is that if you are a listed person, one of those 2,000 people or more on the list, you have a recourse path that is legislated. It's mandated in the Secure Air Travel Act. That's what we're saying here. For the many thousands more who are false positives, w

Public Safety committee  No, not the funding but the process of redress.

Public Safety committee  I am aware of that. I wonder about that amendment because while it gives the minister permission to let families know that their child is on the no-fly list, it's not clear to me how the family would know to ask the minister because it's still prohibited under the act for airline

Public Safety committee  He's a match on the American list. I have a letter right here from the U.S. redress system for my son. It does not help, and furthermore, I can't input that number when I travel with my son in Canada.

Public Safety committee  I haven't left Canada with my son.

Public Safety committee  Yes, it's difficult.

Public Safety committee  Thank you.