Public Safety committee  With regard to the amendments that are being considered, we did begin our negotiations with them in June, and we did share with them some of the amendments that we are undertaking with the European Union.

Public Safety committee  They have signed off on the privacy impact assessments that were created in 2003 and 2004. We're currently amending those privacy impact assessments to reflect the changes in the evolution of the program. This is the reason we are starting our briefings with the Privacy Commissioner, to address their concerns.

Public Safety committee  Yes. Today the information is sent at the time of departure. Many of you or likely all of you have flown. It's important to note that you're in your seat, your seat belt is on, the door is closed; you're coming to Canada. Unfortunately, for short-duration flights and for numerous flights coming in at the same time, there are often competing priorities for our targeting and intelligence folks to assess risk.

Public Safety committee  It is certainly one of the opportunities we have. It's not something we have in place today.

Public Safety committee  The office is interested in the modifications to the program that are currently being discussed in another forum, in negotiations with the European Union. I won't at this time get into the negotiations, as they are ongoing. We have heard from the OPC that they are concerned; that if the access, collection, retention, and privacy safeguards are changing, they want to be apprised.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. To go back to the evolution to the API/PNR program, the API—the advance passenger information—is the biographical information; that program's inception was in 2002. Then we further included the receipt of information on travel, which is the passenger name record, your itinerary.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. In dealing with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, we communicate with them on privacy impact assessments. We have three privacy impact assessments in place since 2003. There were two in 2003, one in 2004. We have also responded to an audit in 2006. We had a joint review of the requirements to provide API/PNR from all commercial carriers on flights bound for Canada.