I'm not in any way questioning your judgment. We accept that. I do raise it as an issue.
We in Canada operate very differently in our terrorism-alert system than they do in the United States. They have their colour codes, etc. I've always maintained that government officials, police authorities, have to be careful not to raise the fear factor, but certainly to indicate to Canadians that they have to be vigilant. In Zehaf-Bibeau's statement he says, “So we are retaliating, the Mujahedin of this world.” He goes on to say, “...we'll not cease until you guys decide to be a peaceful country and stay to your own...”, etc. That's pretty serious language.
Can you give us any indication of where we are in terms of the terrorist threat level in Canada compared to the last number of years? We do have Bill C-51 coming up. I think we need to be brutally honest with Canadians about the concern, but not to exaggerate it and claim there's a terrorist under every rock.
Can you give us any indication in that regard?