It then leads back to the question of capacity. Do we have vetting capacity? There would have to be a conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs about enhancing our team and adding a vetting unit of some sort, and getting the lists weeks in advance so that people will have time to do that.
What do we do? Is it just a Google search? It takes some time, but not too much. Would a Google search have revealed the past of this individual? I wish we could go back in time and google him before the address to see what pops up.
You can then go further and turn to our security agencies to do the vetting. They would say, “Are you crazy? We're not going to vet 1,000 people.” The RCMP does, with police databases and the like, but reputational vetting is a whole different ball of wax.