Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, I'd like to welcome you and your staff to this committee.
Minister, right off the bat in your opening remarks you broke down the four projects. Many of our colleagues have asked various questions about the scope of this project, the length of this project, what it was focused on and so on. What I'd like to give Canadians a sense of is really one level higher, if I can. This is about the overall direction that the CBSA is embarking on.
As you know, CBSA is embarking on an ambitious renewal agenda. There are three very specific goals highlighted in there—improving clients' compliance; automating, optimizing and harnessing the power of analytics; and very close collaboration with some of our colleagues.
Minister or any other participants here, can you put into perspective how these three projects fit specifically into that agenda? How does your renewal agenda bring us to the level at which we could be a strong partner for our other alliances in the world?