Actually, I heard about it when I listened to the testimony from Monday, but I'm not familiar with it myself.
I can confirm that it is a real barrier or choke point for the volunteers and for the organizations. There are a number of different dimensions to that. It's a risk management process for the organizations in terms of making sure that the people they are engaging as volunteers can interact with the vulnerable people they work with. Sometimes it tends to get overused and that can slow down the process as well.
The idea of having a common platform and a single sort of blue ribbon or blue chip pass card is very attractive. There is a good case for a national strategy, or even just at a provincial level, because none of us individually could undertake that kind of initiative to put that infrastructure in place.
There are other barriers to police record checks, particularly for newcomers who don't have police records in Canada. I think we have to think carefully about where we need them, why we need them and what kinds of checks are appropriate in order for that not to become a barrier to people—not only becoming volunteers, but engaging in society and building relationships in their community more quickly.