I want to say two things.
One is that I support the motion.
I do want to briefly raise the letter that we received on April 8 from the group including the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association.... I don't know how many of those there are—maybe 10 or 12 or 15 organizations.
The critical thing about what this letter says is that they watched the meetings that took place at the committee and they then received information from the CBSA that contradicts the statements that the CBSA made before the committee. This is a damning indictment of the performance and the behaviour of the CBSA before this committee. When you look at this document, you can see that with all in-scope software tests completed, they are at 1% of transaction volume. This system is nowhere near ready to launch.
I found that the CBSA was evasive when they were here at the committee. It was like pulling teeth to get a simple answer to a simple question. I think it's because of exactly what's been pointed out in this report. This is an incredibly serious situation.
I support the motion 100%, but I would like to know if Mr. Savard-Tremblay is open to a friendly amendment. I would add a fifth clause that simply says "and this be reported to the House".