This relates to the same witness, Mr. Chair. What it does is add another proposed subsection 9(1.1) that would read:
to a peace officer must provide such assistance as the air carrier may request when denying a person transportation under paragraph (a)
What witnesses confirmed with us is that in the United States there are procedures to have a law enforcement officer available just in case the situation turns violent. We don't have that in Canada, they indicate. When the passenger protect program came into being in our consultations, that was one of the recommendations that the government elected not to put into place at the time.
If you listen to the government, we are dealing with more volatile individuals than in a normal no-fly situation, and I think it is protection for the airline, protection for the people who work in the airline business, if the air carrier requests that a peace officer be provided for assistance. I therefore support this amendment.