Sir, I'm here in my personal capacity. I'm not here representing an industry, although I have a number of clients who are part of the industry.
I don't think anybody in the industry is saying that they don't want to participate, that they don't want to help. Indeed, industry has shouldered much of the responsibility in the fight against counterfeits. Industry, from what I see, is more than prepared to interact with the borders.
I have prepared products for Canadian customs, for various clients I handle, which clearly show how to recognize a counterfeit item through indicators: these are the places through which authentic merchandise usually transits, and this is the manner in which authentic merchandise is presented. Really, what that does is give border authorities, first, an alert signal. When they see something that's not in conformity with this, they can say that maybe we have a counterfeit, and the border authority can then liaise with the rights holder, or the Canadian representative of the rights holder, to ask if we have a counterfeit shipment here. This is being done to some extent today, but it could be done much more frequently and with a greater exchange of communication, namely, the identification of who the importer is, which we cannot get at present.