You're really asking me two questions, and I'll try to answer both.
In terms of the challenges, yes, of course there are challenges in running any system. What we've tried to identify today are specific challenges that I think are unique, in terms of our having been asked about the specific implications of Bill C-280.
There is a responsibility upon officials to identify what those are. They are significant and, I would argue, they are not simply business-as-usual ones in operating big systems. They're complex.
As I underlined in my statement, and I won't repeat it, there are very significant implications if the bill is passed as it currently stands, in terms of the absence of transition provisions and those sorts of things.
On your second question, about the “deal”, to paraphrase what you've described, there is no question that IRPA contained the provisions and that RAD was not implemented. I'm not sure it's a question of the history of it; it's the question of the implications of the decision around implementing the RAD. At the time, there were implications in terms of backlogs, and there was a decision made.
I think as well, our assessment is that the system we have now is working quite well. As for the concerns some people may have had at the time around a single decision-maker and whether their system was robust enough and had sufficient protections in place, we think adding a new measure of appeal wouldn't significantly change things and would in fact only result in further delay and more money.
Our view is that the circumstances of how IRPA was negotiated at the time of the bill is an historical point. As an official, I have to deal with the consequences of the legislation before us, and a debate, frankly, about what was or wasn't agreed to at the time is really outside my pay grade, if I can put it that way.