Thank you very much, Chair,
Thank you all for coming before us. I would love to have a forum in which Ms. Rowden and Mr. Geist could debate their perspectives at greater length. Unfortunately we don't have that.
A common theme in some of the comments is around the resourcing of CBSA to enforce this law. Frankly, without enforcement it doesn't mean anything.
Mr. Edwards, you talked about inadequate resourcing and the need for extra training.
You, Ms. Rowden, said that we need to assign more responsibilities to CBSA around goods in transit. Leaving aside the fact that Mr. Geist has a different perspective on that, with budget cuts of $143 million to CBSA last year, how are we adding more responsibilities without expanding the budget? And if we don't, does this bill actually mean anything?