The concern I have, through you, Mr. Chairman, is that there needs to be a clear, designated lead, because again, although you didn't look at the Olympics per se, the issue is that everyone is pointing the finger at somebody else to say, “Well, no, we think they're taking care of it.” They will share information if they think it is appropriate, and I'm not sure always what “appropriate” means.
My understanding is how they lead in terms of security, and yet the defence department has to be clearly involved, and obviously public security agencies, etc. Again, interoperability has been clearly designated as a key since 2001. We live in silos around this place. If we could blow them all up, we would be much better off, because people don't want to share; they're all worried about their own little turf. When it comes down to it, then, they blame someone else and we were getting, “In the event that something happens, you really have to talk to them.” We want to know certainly as policy-makers that we have the right tools in place.
In my view, this isn't a partisan issue. This is in terms of security, to make sure who's coming into this country...that this is dealt with effectively, and now we have about less than a year to go.
I appreciate your comment with regard to the Department of Justice. They have to move on that, and that should be signalled as a major priority so that we can move the yardsticks. If not, we will again have the same issues we've been plagued with before.