The Department of Finance's involvement is limited to the duties relief program. The recommendation related to quota-controlled goods, in other words, goods requiring a permit, was not addressed to the Department of Finance but, rather, to the Canada Border Services Agency and Global Affairs Canada. Their response, which appears in paragraph 2.55, indicates that the two organizations will examine ways to work together more effectively and explore automated means to validate accounting declarations when it comes to verifying permits. Their response was quite positive.
On June 6th, 2017. See this statement in context.