Mr. Murphy, fewer than 30% of Americans currently have passports. A much higher percentage of Americans have a driver's licence. So the thinking—which we strongly supported through our members of the North American Competitiveness Council—was that under the western hemisphere travel initiative, there should be at least one other piece of documentation that would be acceptable for travel between Canada and the United States. The enhanced driver's licence was seen as a viable alternative, especially for short-term travel between various states in the region.
The simple addition of proof of citizenship as a criterion for you to get your enhanced driver's licence was deemed to be a very important imperative. The Department of Homeland Security in the United States, only recently, or within the last 18 months, said this was actually a viable strategy to proceed with when putting in place an effective strategy under the western hemisphere travel initiative. They supported the B.C.-U.S. state initiative, as well as other initiatives.
Broadly speaking, at least as far as the North American Competitiveness Council is concerned, the more provinces who set up arrangements with U.S. states to put in place an enhanced driver's licence program, the better.