The former Commissioner Zaccardelli always maintained the position that it was ultimately a Government of Canada decision. We of course are committed to work with our CBSA partners on this particular initiative.
The crux of the problem is to provide firearms to protect the people who are committed to protect the public at the border points. That is the reason we're going to focus our attention on this training aspect with our CBSA partners, to ensure that if we get called to the border.... If there's an incident of running the ports, for instance, my suggestion to you is that the firearms will not prevent people from running the ports. I think we all agree with this.
The fact of the matter is that the RCMP is committed to providing support to CBSA in other forms, through the tactical deployment of people along the border, or, if need be, if there's a request for assistance from the local detachment of the RCMP or the local municipalities or provincial police. That will also be factored into this initiative.
The centre of the problem is that we've committed to the government and to CBSA to train these people, and we'll do so accordingly.