Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member is probably aware, public employees of the Government of Canada do need to be security cleared. That is a requirement. I would be amazed if anybody were to suggest otherwise.
However, the point she raises is an important one in that we need to make sure when we do these security clearances that we are able to do them in an effective and efficient way. In fact, this issue was raised with me at main estimates at committee earlier this week. I have promised to take up this matter and see if we can expedite this security clearance system, at least for summer employees.