First of all, as I think one of us has mentioned already, any Canadian truck driver who is hauling dangerous goods into the United States right now is already security cleared--that would be tens of thousands of drivers who are already security cleared. But there are going to be drivers operating domestically who will have to be security cleared if this bill passes and we subsequently get regulations to put it into effect. I must admit I find it a little bit hard to believe that additional security clearances could be done at no cost.
On February 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.