Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would also like to thank all the witnesses for being with us.
My question is for the representatives of the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association.
You talked a little bit about the contribution management system. As you know, we did a study on this, which is not yet complete. We're waiting for a lot of information and a lot of documents that we requested that were supposed to be provided in two weeks and still haven't been.
Your organization is part of the Trade Chain Partner Working Group, which worked with the Canada Border Services Agency, or CBSA, to test and implement the CBSA assessment and revenue management system, or CARM. The CBSA is also one of the 22 signatories to a brief containing strong, if not murderous, criticism of the system, particularly with regard to the lack of preparation and consultation.
We received other documents after that. Even people from the CBSA union say they weren't consulted. Also, in your brief you point out a lot of inaccuracies in the testimony that was given here by CBSA officials.
Feel free to expand on that. That said, since it was recently announced that implementation of the CARM for partners would be postponed until the fall, I'd like to know if you're satisfied with that decision.