Transport committee  Mr. Chair, I would just like to say that CBSA has undertaken a variety of modernization efforts across both our traveller stream and our commercial stream to drive home some increased efficiencies. We can look at redeploying some of the frontline border services officers who are currently either working on transactional, low-value processing of travellers or working with commercial importers and redirecting them to growth areas where we're seeing increased traffic coming in, either commercial traffic or traveller traffic, but then also, importantly, having them work more on intelligence-driven reviews of containerized traffic coming in so our targeting efforts are going up.

Transport committee  Yes, absolutely, this bill will be an enabler for us. The provisions that are referenced in the bill, specifically in the Customs Act, will provide the ability for CBSA to prescribe the amount of time a shipper is provided to transfer to us a container for examination. Right now, there is no set service standard for that process to happen.

Transport committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee this afternoon. As introduced, I am Graeme Hamilton, director general, traveller, commercial and trade policy, at the Canada Border Services Agency. I am here to speak specifically to the changes to the Customs Act that are included in Bill C-33.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. Unfortunately, my area of expertise is outside of the budget planning cycle. I'm not in a position to respond to that question.

Finance committee  First off, I'd like to say good morning to the members of this committee and to my colleagues from across the Government of Canada. I am Graeme Hamilton, director general of traveller, commercial and trade policy at the Canada Border Services Agency. I'd like to thank all of you for inviting this diverse group of people to come and answer your questions.