Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
One of the witnesses mentioned a scandalous number of false positives. I know Ms. Brown did talk about that, and I'm looking forward to the numbers. I understand there are about 10 billion travellers a year to the United States. Now, 10 billion is a lot of travellers and a lot of entries, and I'd like to see the percentage ratio between the scandalous number of false positives versus how many people are travelling.
As I was saying, I did have a chance to study international law in Australia, and I did the Jessup Moot, an international mooting competition.
When you were talking about the rule of law, you said this violates international law, and I asked my staff to get a definition for me.
The definition of the rule of law states:
That individuals, persons and government shall submit to, obey and be regulated by law, and not arbitrary action by an individual or a group of individuals.
I don't see how this particular law that is going to be put in place by the United States violates the rule of law and the definition.
It goes further to say:
In a political system which adheres to the paramountcy of the rule of law, the law is supreme over the acts of government and the people.
It goes on further to say:
That people should be ruled by the law and obey it.
I go further to say:
The law in our society is supreme. No one - no politician - no government - no judge - no union - no citizen is above the law. We are all subject to the law. We do not get to pick and choose the laws we will observe and obey. Each of us must accept the rule of all laws, even if we have to hold our noses when complying with some of them.
I want to refer you to the charter. I have a copy of it in front of me that talks about—