It seems to me that the government's indicating that it doesn't really trust the provincial CFOs. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth. That's my opinion. We have a system that works, and this could potentially cause problems because we have numerous CFOs across the country dealing with small numbers of people. Now you're telling all these people that they have to go to one office with the government, a government that can't even get people's passports on time.
If people's lives are really at risk and they have to prove that they're in immediate danger, like imminent danger, in order to get these things, centralizing it in an Ottawa office, I think, is putting people's lives needlessly at risk. That's why I can't support this clause. The system is working. There has been no evidence that there has been abuse of the system, and unless that evidence comes forward, I just don't think there's any justification to change this.
Thank you.