Thank you very much, Mr. Saxton. Thank you, Mr. Rigby.
Before we go to the second round, there's one issue I want to clarify with Mr. Johnston or Mr. Rigby. I know you have a tremendously important and challenging job. The public wants everything to go quickly at the borders and the trade to flow, but they don't want anything bad to happen. You've got these conflicting demands facing you, and it is certainly very challenging.
Speaking as a member of Parliament, I find the one aggravating issue that does come up in my office quite frequently is that of people getting held up or turned back for offences I consider to be in the strata of minor criminality. I know you can't speak for the American border officials, but it happens going both ways. I'm talking specifically of possession of marijuana, in some cases 20 or 25 years ago—and at that time it probably was a criminal offence—as well as impaired driving, DUI in the United States. Some of these offences are quite old. These people have led exemplary lives. It happens going both ways.
There are two issues. One, I know it's an assessment of risk, but is there any way of dealing with these so they don't happen? More importantly, is there any way people can find out? People come into my office and they have an impaired driving charge that's 20 years old. They ask me if they would be allowed to go to Florida. My answer to them is I don't know. They don't want to buy a ticket and embarrass themselves by getting caught in an airport and being sent back. Is there any way they can go to an Internet site and find out exactly what the situation is? This is an inquiry we get every month, and it's becoming more and more frequent.
It happens on the border every day but with no consistency. In most cases they don't ask, but when it does happen it's very embarrassing. I've got situations where very successful business people have an old charge and there's no way you can expunge it. They won't accept the pardons in the States. You just don't get anything at all. It is a big issue.