Mr. Speaker, I remind the hon. member that the Liberals can run from their past, but they cannot hide. It is a fact.
Canadians are having problems with passports and it stems back to the previous Liberal government's inability to deal with the issue then. In fact, it was the Conservatives in opposition who called an emergency debate to get the Liberals to get their act together and to discuss this with the United States, and they failed to do so.
That being said, we have taken this responsibility very seriously. Not only do we have people working 24/7, we are receiving applications—