Mr. Chairman, I think my statement and that of Madam Desloges' in a way answered your question.
We certainly feel that the staffing levels, the systems that have been in place, the improvements we've made in processing, the new print plant, and so forth have positioned us to be able to deal with any growth in demand. In fact we are capable of meeting that demand, and we have certain redundancies in the system right now anticipating it.
I think what we've seen, though, so far anyway, is that the major levels of applications that we had anticipated haven't come to pass. We've still seen, as Madam Desloges said, 25,000 applications over the last day or so, which is a significant number of applications. I think we're pretty close to half a million passports since the start of the year. So you can see that going to the passport for ground travel into the United States is having its impact.
Frankly, we are capable of handling a larger demand than even that. So I can say with considerable confidence as deputy minister that I feel pretty sure Passport Canada can meet that demand.