I wasn't speaking to the issue of sharing information with other countries specifically, but as you're asking that question, there are issues such as the foreign traveller issue. This has become a real issue. We have to work with other democracies and other countries in Europe as we look at the flow of travellers, for example, who are joining the Islamic State. I strongly suspect that those numbers are down, given the losses that the Islamic State has experienced, but that said, they often travel through Europe and countries like this. We need to be able to partner and work better with these countries.
The challenge is that no country likes giving information on their citizens. No country really likes exchanging names. What we've seen increasingly, particularly given Canada's experience in the 2000s with regard to some of the inquiries, is that more and more caveats are being attached to information and trying to have better systems in place and more regular communication going forward.
In some cases, it has proven to be very helpful. For example, there was the case of young girls from Toronto who were trying to go to the Islamic State, and they were stopped in Turkey. You must have some kind of coordinated information sharing.
This is a really great issue that I think parliamentarians on this committee could look at in terms of trying to help the security services find guidance and balance. I could add just one more thing to that, if I may. I think there's a perception in Canada that security services don't want more regulation or oversight. I can't stress to you how much that it's simply not the case. They want guidelines. They want to know where the boundaries are, so they don't cross them. I think this parliamentary committee could work with the security services on these challenging issues, such as sharing information.
I agree with the premise of your question. That's going to benefit everyone going forward.