Industry committee  In terms of the legislative changes, that's part of what the working group is doing. They've identified the gaps. What we don't have right now is the precise way to plug those gaps. Some of them are pretty self-evident; we can't seize the proceeds of crime. Change the Governor in

Industry committee  No, because as far as we're concerned, you haven't committed an offence at that point.

Industry committee  With regard to aircraft, I am familiar with the FAA, which stated, I believe, that 2% of the aircraft parts in the FAA are counterfeit. I haven't seen a comparable study in Canada. I am not familiar with the one you're talking about, the Air Canada aircraft. As far as I know, w

Industry committee  I don't think I'd say that; I'd be more concerned about things like batteries. We seized over two tonnes in Quebec, and these things float, so that's a—

Industry committee  I'm not sure if we have—

Industry committee  It does if they're getting jail time. In some cases these people get jail time, but if it's a fine, we've had many cases where— I can give one example. A national company was selling dangerous electrical products right across the country. He was charged in 1999 with five counts.

Industry committee  I think that's one of the main reasons, but it's not the only one. The legislation is difficult to use sometimes.

Industry committee  Yes, I guess that's our point. Ten years ago this probably wouldn't have happened, but now we're starting to see it infiltrate into the legitimate supply chain. Just to add to what my colleague Danielle said, she's accurate when you speak about the Copyright Act—it does have up

Industry committee  I don't have all of the statistics for the whole country, but I do have them for Vancouver, a major entry point. In Vancouver, since 2003, the RCMP and CBSA, working together, have seized over 800,000 cartons of counterfeit cigarettes.

Industry committee  Well, I don't know if we're even getting.... I don't know what percentage we're getting. I guess CBSA might be able to answer that. And that's one commodity in one city—although it's a pretty major city.

Industry committee  I was asked earlier if we usually get convictions. Most of the time we do get convictions, but part of the reason is that we pick and choose which ones we go to court with. The reason we don't get convictions in some cases is because we have to prove the knowledge, and that's a

Industry committee  If I can use an example, one international investigation that was successful was led by the FBI. This was a case of high-level hackers—people who would decipher the codes on software and then sell it. Some of the best people in the world were doing this. It resulted in 90 searche

Industry committee  Until a couple of years ago we never would have considered that this might have been the cause of a fire. It's only been in the last two years that CSA has been doing training with fire marshals and so on. I investigated lots of arsons when I was in the field. If something like

Industry committee  Probably the three highest risks are flea markets, the Internet, and discount stores. I won't mention a dollar store by name, but I'll say discount stores. Part of the problem is that 10 years ago, that's the only place you would have seen these. Now we see these in major stores

Industry committee  They can't distinguish it from the exterior. Part of the problem with these is that they don't trip when they're supposed to, or they trip too soon. That's how it was identified. It was in an intensive care unit and it kept tripping. An electrician looked at it, said it was fau