While you made very good points, I think the most important point is that we, federally--and this is not a partisan comment--are seen to be frozen. We have the CBSA looking at itself, and it will give a report to the minister. We have the RCMP, on tasers, looking at itself and giving a report to the minister. I just don't think that engenders the kind of confidence you've been proud of--and that I am proud of--as a former AG and the father of a cop.
I think it's incumbent on all of us to ensure we do the right thing in this case. We can't wait for the Brown report. The Brown report is about issues that are overarchingly important. This is about what happens when a person comes to the airport. What does CBSA do? How does the RCMP deal with it? What does Immigration do? What arrangements do the airports, particularly the international airports--Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg--do? This is of import to the entire country. It is the face we present to the people we invite to this country.
I think it's beyond politics. We should be undertaking the study. We don't have to jump ahead of everybody else, but we can't be saying to the world that we will sit and do nothing and wait for everybody else to tell us what they're going to do. I think we have an obligation to take the initiative and do something in a non-partisan way.