Well, once again, here we are. We're in our area of jurisdiction, our area of responsibility, and we want to be able to make sure that the amounts of money that are provided, in terms of security, are well spent. Indeed, you're right. I look at urban transit, for instance, as one of the sectors we've helped over the year and a half. We've helped transit authorities throughout the country, whether they be in Toronto or Montreal or even here in Ottawa or elsewhere, to modernize their equipment, their radio communications equipment, their surveillance equipment. We're not immune from any terrorist threat. And I do not say this flippantly. This is an important issue. We have to be able to go forward and make sure that public services that are used are safe.
I know, going back to my previous life as chair of the transit authority on the other side of the river here, I remember my predecessor, as a matter of fact, coming to meet me and discuss this as an important issue. And it is an important issue, because on a yearly basis, particularly with the Ottawa and the Gatineau system, there are over 50 million passengers that embark on these buses, and that is multiplied throughout the country.
So we have to remain vigilant. We have to be able to come forward and put in the proper amounts of money to be able to make sure that Canadians feel safe and secure when they use these public facilities. And that goes for ferries, for urban transit, and for our ports. It's a necessity of life now in the year 2008.