Mr. Jean-Pierre Fortin at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On February 6th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 6th, 2007 / 12:40 p.m.

First National Vice-President, Customs Excise Union Douanes Accise

To be clear, we don't have the exact numbers, but I think they're around 1,500.

Having said that, what we are proposing to CBSA is to hire seasonal officers: fully trained officers who would probably be the next officers to be offered those jobs on the line—full-time jobs, I mean.

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