I would say—and you can call on resources for this one—that within three days of arrival, the potential threats among the passengers on that boat would have been identified. Since 9/11 billions have been poured internationally into the intelligence framework. Ours are friends.
If you travel internationally now, if you arrive in Canada now, the biometric collection and identification process is so strong that you may be identified within seconds literally. I don't buy for a moment.... Go and get the expert testimony. When I was walking through a port of entry into the People's Republic of China, they showed me the biometric software recognition with faces flipping on screen until mine was there when I stepped up. We have that technology.
The risk to the Canadian public of a person release from detention is a question of case-by-case analysis in front of our judicial process. The cost benefit analysis has one conclusion only: You either accept 12-hour lineups at our ports of entry or you don't. You either accept two-day delays in the delivery of goods.... Gone is just-in-time inventory, shattering our economy. Yes, you're going to take a hit occasionally and adverse publicity. That's the cost. The benefit is our free flow of goods and services internationally, and that,s well worth that cost.