It has stopped, has exposed blanket domestic surveillance and led to passage of the USA Freedom Act. It's gotten dangerous drugs off the market, such as Vioxx, which killed 50,000 Americans. It led to resources in Afghanistan and Iraq that protected our troops against land mines. Therefore, the casualties from land mines dropped from 60% to 5%. A whistle-blower in the Federal Air Marshal Service prevented a more ambitious rerun of 9/11. They have stopped the United States government from deregulating meat and poultry inspection, getting government-approved food vouched for by corporate honour system, five times. They've prevented nuclear power plants from being completed. There were accidents waiting to happen because they were systematically illegal. They have increased our national recoveries against fraud, from $26 million a year to over $3 billion in fraud in government contracts the last few years.
If we protect these people, they can make a difference. They're changing the course of history, more than at any time before. This is a very strategic moment for Canada to get in as part of that process.