Basically, the Canadian passport order stipulates that a passport shall last for five years. As we get closer to June 2009, we are concerned that people may apply en masse. We have significantly increased our capacity. On a monthly basis we can issue about 450,000 passports. If we were to receive 800,000 passports in a month, there would be a backlog. We would fall behind significantly.
We've asked for a change in the passport order, so that if we were inundated with demand, we could put a special label in the passport and extend its validity. This would allow people to travel as we process their regular applications. We would use this measure only if there was a requirement for it.