Thank you, Mr. Watson.
That actually highlights the issue. It is required in the United States, and it is therefore no longer voluntary. Therefore, a truck driver is complying with a requirement. It is required.
An ongoing violation of rights doesn't make it any nicer. In other words, if I have to do this, we can have reciprocal agreements with a TWIC card, hopefully, in the future with some kind of security clearance. If a worker is forced to give his information because of a requirement, and we have a way in Canada of ensuring that we can do this within our laws, within our sensitivities and our courts, it would seem to me that Parliament, and certainly the public, would expect it would be done.
As for grandfathering FAST cards, we haven't had an opinion on it, but FAST cards expire. When they expire, we prefer that people have a transport security clearance. They've already paid the price to keep the border open: they've given their information to a foreign national, and we do not know what they do with it. I would hope that in the long run we can find a way to make sure it's internalized back to our country.