Mr. Chairman, I did have that experience. As my résumé shows, I was the chair of the Ontario Board of Parole for six and a half years. In Ontario that was the provincial organization. We had considerable success in having the members of provincial Parliament come to observe our hearings. The comments I got back were all very positive in that they said they did not know what went on or how those hearings were conducted, quite understandably because those hearings were conducted in prisons, in jails.
Our hearings in the refugee protection division are still private because of the nature of the information that we consider, but I know from my last two years as a member that if members of this committee or other members of Parliament wish to observe, claimants would accept it. In the event that there is one who wouldn't want that, then fine, we'll ask somebody else. I would really invite people to come and participate, because I think that is the best way to understand the process.