When I think about the issue we're talking about today, I think about some of my constituents. And on the consular services side of things, I think about balance. I have low- to middle-income constituents who could never afford to travel outside the country, and if the fees aren't high enough, I guess those people are, through their taxes, subsidizing other people's luxuries, in a sense. On the other hand, if the fees are too high you have people overpaying for their services, and money being used for other departmental priorities.
I think we need only look at what happened with EI to see how that works. You have $54 billion collected under one premise, but then being spent on other priorities--the gun registry, or who knows what in HRDC or whatever the case may be. So it's about accountability.
I'm following up on what Mr. Fitzpatrick was talking about. Should there be some sort of rate-setting mechanism, obviously simplier than EI, within each department to ensure that not too much money is collected? This would be more in the long term, as opposed to looking at it dollar for dollar--maybe in a little bit of a broader timeframe such as one, two, three years, that kind of thing. Has that been looked into at all?
Mr. Monette, you're nodding. Maybe you can answer that.