Thank you.
I want to go back to another point that was raised. Treasury Board had announced cuts, and the result is that there are now 500 fewer border agents than there were last year. There were 14,710 agents last year, and this year there are 14,218. This bill is asking them to do more. I have been told that we should not worry, because they are going to be trained. There were also some deep cuts to the budget. Since there are going to be fewer agents and less money, the remaining ones are going to have to do more.
Mr. Lipkus, you said that we need not worry, and that all the agents will have to do will be to work over their noon hour to go and get the training that is already available on websites. Is this a good way to protect our border, to ask these agents to work harder with fewer resources? Moreover, they are going to have to do their work in a state of exhaustion, after having worked during their breaks. They will not be able to stop, they are going to have to work harder. Is this any way to protect the Canadian border?