Mr. Speaker, the member is quite right that we do expect a lot from Canada Customs. Indeed it performs very well. It is one of the best customs services in the world.
Recently we worked on the accord between the President of the United States, Mr. Clinton, and the Prime Minister of Canada with respect to making the border easier for people who are regular travellers and those who pose no great risk to either country.
We have instituted a number of programs, CANPASS for the airports, CANPASS for rail and land traffic, CANPASS for boats, which allow people to get across the border substantially faster than before. At the same time it frees up resources for special teams where we feel there are areas of higher risk. It is this weeding out areas of higher risk from those of lower risk which we think will be the future of our services.