Are there any other questions?
Thank you. I thank you for coming.
As you know, this is a subject that is dear to my heart. I am eager to see the changes. I have been promised several times that there would be changes, but I have not seen any.
In my riding, I tell people not to buy tickets for their trip until they have their passport, because they can lose their money. I do not want to see that happen. However, even after telling them that, there are some people who think that they already have a passport and then they look for it and realize that they don't have one.
There are other times when people travel a lot and they need their papers to travel. When you have to send it through your MP, and it takes at least 30 to 40 working days--it was taking even longer than that for a while--it's very difficult for these people because they need the documents. So I hope you can do renewals more quickly and find a way. I can tell you that the people from northeastern Ontario, and I speak for most of them up there, would tell you you've got to find a way to help a lot of these communities. These are not rural and remote communities.