Thanks very much to the witnesses for coming today. It's quite an exciting debate, which I welcome.
I was walking down my high street in Burnaby and walked into a store and bought a can of Coke. I noticed it was a little squishy, and I realized it was packaged in the U.S. Then I went to another store along the street and I noticed the same can was there.
This goes to the question of parallel goods. The confusion I have is that it's a can of Coke produced in the U.S., and because of the change in border allowances, the small retailers can now drive their truck across the border, stay for 48 hours, bring $800 worth of Coke back, and then either distribute it down the street or keep it in their own stores. I'm wondering if the CBSA is now empowered to stop these goods and hold them. I'm a bit confused about how that all works.
Mr. de Beer or Mr. Lipkus, could you perhaps give me some thoughts on that? I am thinking it might be worth adding this into the bill. I'm not suggesting that, but I'd like some more information.