I think our position is that if we've already received a clearance that allows us to cross the border, there has to be some process whereby Transport Canada is going to accept that as legitimate clearance. We don't need Transport Canada to repeat that process, because to obtain a FAST card, the security clearance was a joint event--both the U.S. and Canadian authorities cleared that individual. Now it is CBSA that would do that, but it's still a recognized government agency, and I don't see the necessity of Transport Canada repeating that process for those drivers. It has already cost the carriers or the individual truck drivers a fee to get that, and they're going to have to continue that fee if they want to go to the U.S., unless Transport Canada or the federal government is able to secure a proper reciprocal agreement so that whatever Canadian security clearance is carried would be recognized by the U.S. authorities.
On February 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.