Okay, thank you.
Can I ask a question? There are a whole sequence of questions about these regulations.
I concede right at the start that the purpose is the protection of the public. We all accept that. The whole process is intended to put a regime in place that will protect in as fail-safe a way as we can do it.
My questions assume that this exists. I'm going to just change the angle of questioning to look at what-if scenarios for the average citizen. I'm going to give you two or three questions here.
Give me an example, if you could, of something that would cause an individual's name to be taken off the list. I realize there's some kind of a 30-day review. But once the name is on the list, the fact that somebody reviews it and says the original information is there, the name is there, check, it stays--what would actually cause a name on the list to be removed? That's the first question.
My second question pertains to the emergency direction. If you start with the premise that the name is on the list, the only question is whether the individual presenting himself or herself at the airport is the same person as the person on the list. So there's the process of providing additional identification to try to determine that.
The regulations provide for an emergency direction from Transport Canada--this 24/7 operation. What if an emergency direction doesn't come from Transport Canada? What if they're not sure? Is not the citizen still prevented from boarding the aircraft because the same name exists on the list? What would allow the citizen to board the aircraft if an emergency direction is not issued with respect to that person?
Isn't the citizen then in a no-man's land? An identical name is on the list. Identification has been presented. Transport Canada is unable to determine what to do, so they don't issue an emergency direction. The implication for the travelling citizen is still the same. They can't board the aircraft. They are absolutely stuck at the airport. They have to go home, and hopefully it's not in another city.
Those are two questions. I'm probably getting close to being out of time.