As you know, Madam Chair, our problem with the issuance of emergency passport has to do with infrastructure.
The only Passport Canada offices that can issue emergency passports are ones that have printing installations. Consequently, the only way to deliver emergency services in the same way that they are delivered in large urban centres, would be by opening offices with full installations in new locations.
We are very aware of the fact that these services are not available to the north of a certain line. As we are considering the extension or widening of services in the regions, we will have to take a close look at the geographic locations that could afford proper service to the northern territories as a whole.