It does, but unfortunately I've heard it before, Mr. Bohan. I guess I'm expressing the same frustration that everybody who recognized me this morning wanted to burden me with. I told them I was coming to a committee, and here you are, so I wanted to discharge some of my responsibility.
I don't think the public is convinced, and neither am I, because you're talking about a management paradigm that surely has to be improved. I know that you don't have the responsibility and neither do any of your client airports. But CATSA starts at the screen; it doesn't go beyond the airport boundaries. So there's something in the management structure that's a problem.
I only have another minute, but if you'll allow me, I'd like to go to Madame Des Rosiers, because what you said really has something to do with what she said earlier on, and that is that some of these surges--to use your word--can be prompted by people who have ambitions for resolving a problem elsewhere.
A few weeks ago, we heard about the Khalistani movement in Canada actually threatening some members of Parliament. One can imagine that if there is a serious approach by CATSA, there might have been a surge on issues, especially with planes taking off and going elsewhere.
A similar situation happened not that long ago, in 2006, when CSIS, the RCMP, and government officials examined some 14,000 people who were leaving the war zone of southern Lebanon. There were only 11,000 registered, but 4,000 non-registered permanent residents or non-Canadian citizens found themselves on planes and boats coming back to Canada. Now, I think a logical person would ask if 3,000 people weren't registered, what kind of pre-screening happened to integrate those individuals into a Canadian environment knowing that might exacerbate a problem elsewhere?
I don't know, Madame Des Rosiers. I know what the government is going to say all the time: that you make a great case, but security trumps human rights, privacy rights, and any system you want to put in place. That's what they'll say.