I know that you're not leaving because you don't want to listen to me, Mr. Chair, but rather for a good cause, one which I also support.
My first question is for CBSA.
Obviously, we've heard.... I'm not going to speak about a specific case, but I want to make sure I understand CBSA's rationale.
There's a reason that the CRA and the CBSA were once linked, way back in the old days. It might seem unfair to Canadians, but when the CRA owes us money, we never get interest paid. I'm assuming this is the same rationale that the CBSA applies. There's a difference between what a client, a customer, an importer or a company owes. When you apply certain duties.... Let's say you owe x amount of duties, and you haven't paid those. You should have paid those on that particular day, and now it's 10 months later. Even though you come down with a decision, there would be interest applied.
Am I reading that correctly?