Thank you for appearing before us today. I hope you'll be able to give us some information about some of our concerns and some of the policies that will have to be developed if this government moves forward, as it seems to be doing, with arming of the border security agents.
I should note there's been no definitive evidence that demonstrates that carrying a firearm enhances the officer protection, and we have heard that the initiative would increase the likelihood of firearm accidents or liability arising from the use of firearms. I know you're familiar with that.
One of the things I would like to hear from you, to start, is this. Say you had the discharge of a firearm. What system, what type of review, what protocol will you put in place, and will it be something the public can see as accountable to the public, or will you be leaning to internal investigations? Has that decision been made?
Then I need to have some time to talk to you about student replacements and the cost of infrastructure and about whether you have made the decision to keep the weaponry on site, in secure locations, and what that's going to cost on infrastructure.
I'll give you some opportunity, and then we'll go from there.