Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

Issue 3 - Appendix 5900-3.37/T1-C7, 3 "1''

BILL C-7
QUESTIONS FROM THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

1. How will cases like Arar be avoided if this regime is put in place?

2. What controls will there be on the sharing of information with the U.S.? Will they be able to data mine Canadian information under their CAPPS II program, or under their "new generation''Total Information Awareness Program? (European data is being used under CAPPS II.)

3. In its negotiations with the EU for a PNR sharing agreement, the U.S. demanded:

• direct access to airlines' computer systems

• access to data for all flights, not just U.S. bound ones

• the ability to share data with federal agencies other than Customs, and for purposes other than anti-terrorism.

• the ability to store data for 50 years

How many of these demands has the Canadian government acquiesced to, or will it acquiesce to, under the auspices of Bill C-7?

4. When a Canadian gets wrongfully caught up in the system with inaccurate information or a false risk score, to whom can they appeal? (Under the European agreement, one can only appeal to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.) What are the due process protections in Bill C-7?