I agree. I want to make sure that it's not simply the ability to pass the test, but that the candidate or the person actually has the associated competencies that are being tested. So we need to make sure that the hours are verifiable with past employers; we want to make sure those hours are comparable to Canadian hours. I don't have any issue. I promote openly that we should be offering the red seal test in the U.S. weekly, and whenever else in missions across the world.
On October 27th, 2011. See this statement in context.