My first question is for the CBSA officials.
I introduced Bill C‑251. I'm not asking you to comment on the bill, of course. I know your job is to enforce the measures in the act, not to make recommendations.
The bill would add subsection 101(2) to the Customs Act and make it mandatory to detain goods from designated areas or entities. It would incorporate the notion of areas into the act, something you talked about. Under the bill, Canada would adopt the same model as the U.S., where goods are detained until it is proven that they were not produced by forced labour.
Say the bill or similar legislation came into force. In terms of operational capacity, what would the agency need to enforce the measures? I'm referring mainly to warehouses, personnel, labs and data.
