International Trade committee  We have been looking at that, and we will be including the GST in the calculation. As you know, duties and taxes owing need to be secured, and this will be one of the primary mechanisms we can use to secure Crown revenue. I understand it has caused some concern, but we are moving

International Trade committee  I'm going to go through some of the transition measures and give the applicable dates so that we're all on the same page. When it comes to the usage of the broker BN, that has been signed off for one year. For one year, brokers can continue to use their business number as a mean

International Trade committee  You can continue to use a broker as well. If you choose to import on June 17, you should be registered by June 17. On the day you're going to be importing, you should ensure that you are on the CARM system.

International Trade committee  There would be an issue with respect to the accounting.

International Trade committee  As to the first part of your question, ACROSS will continue to be used as a means of clearing and entry into Canada. It's the back end of the system that is changing, which is the accounting side. There are two different transactions, if you will, when it comes to a commercial c

International Trade committee  We have a transition rule that is the broker BN. For one year, brokers will continue to be able to use their business numbers for their client importers as a means of clearing for accounting.

International Trade committee  I'll just add to what the executive vice-president has already said. With the CARM system, we're hoping that there will be better compliance with trade-based rules and that the accounting, duties and taxes that are owing are therefore paid right up front. We're hoping that with

International Trade committee  Thank you for that question. With respect to CARM, as I pointed out in my opening remarks, CARM will replace a system that is at very high risk of outage. We have no choice, and I want to underscore that message. We have to modernize that system with respect to duties and taxes

International Trade committee  I will get to that. I believe last week you had a witness who indicated that we were at only 25% in terms of registration. That was an incorrect number that was provided to the committee. We are at about 57%, and that 57% represents 80% of the importers or transactions into the

International Trade committee  There have been tests that have been completed, but I am going to turn it over to Mike because he is the technical expert.

International Trade committee  We're going to have to get back to you on this one. I'm sorry.

International Trade committee  Unfortunately, I'm not aware of the study that you're referring to. Perhaps you can give me a bit more detail.

International Trade committee  We're going to endeavour to provide you with a written response.

International Trade committee  No, I'm not.

International Trade committee  I'm not aware of the study that you're referring to.