I have heard of that technology, and it definitely sounds interesting. It's something that would be very nice to have the government take a look at, because it's not only reported to be cheaper, but actually more effective and a faster process. I would really encourage looking into it.
That's where we need the Government of Canada to step in and take a strong role, because with the ICAO standards and the intergovernmental coordination that happens, one of the stumbling blocks is in the recognition of acceptable technologies. Some of the other governments have not been as willing to look at other technologies and improve them.
For example, if we were to use that model at a screening point for pre-clearance flights that are going to the United States and that screening were not recognized and accepted by the TSA using that technology, they would declare our passengers arriving in the U.S., who have been screened using that technology, “unclean.” We would then have to bring the passengers into a different area of the terminal, escort them out to the public area, and have them re-screened to TSA standards.
That's an area in which coordination between governments on recognition of new technologies and new approaches across governments is so important. As a passenger, you don't want to be screened on one flight, make a connection, and have to be screened again before the next one, and then before the next one. We are trying to drive the governments, the authorities, and regulators not necessarily to harmonization in which everything is identical but to a scheme of mutual recognition whereby they recognize the equivalency of different approaches and models in delivering an equivalent level of security.