The changes made in 2025 didn't change that level of subjectivity, but it did make it clearer. There was always a sense that there was a collective evaluation. Security screening, fundamentally, is a process by which information is gathered about a person from various sources, including the RCMP and CSIS, but other sources as well. All that information then goes on the table, including consideration of the position they are going into and the security requirements of that position. Then a security screening official makes a decision: Is this person trustworthy to be reliable and loyal to Canada? That decision is, by design, made within the context of a specific department and under the authority of that deputy head, because it is that deputy head—
