Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses who have appeared again today. This is a division that I care quite a bit about, and it's been discussed not only among caucus members as a whole, but we do have what's called the law enforcement officers' caucus, made up of 13 parliamentarians who are all former peace officers or police officers. Interestingly enough, all 13 are Conservatives. There aren't any other police officers in Parliament in any other party.
Nevertheless, when we spoke with them about this...of course, they have seen the challenges involved in trying to make sure that our borders are protected, that smuggling of contraband is addressed. This division has been worked on for many years. As Ms. Nash pointed out, it's been introduced a couple of different times, and sometimes through no fault of its own had to be put on the back burner because of elections and those kinds of things. Nevertheless, its importance is still significant.
I know a pilot project was launched, and I would like the witnesses to briefly address what was involved in the pilot project, and whether or not the pilot project was successful, which then led to the writing of this very important section of this bill.