Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Minister Day, for coming. It's great to have all of your representatives of the various public agencies that help secure our country here in front of us today.
I have three areas. In fact, Mr. Martin asked the question on the security certificates. I represent a riding that has two border crossings, so I have a great deal of interest in how secure our border is, and in the Canada Border Services Agency and of course in the arming of our border guards.
Recently when the president, Alain Jolicoeur, was before the committee, I was quite aggressive in trying to get out of him why it was taking as long as it was to get our border service agents armed. I was quite concerned that in fact the agency wasn't carrying out the wishes of the government to see our border guards armed.
Minister, could you give us an update on how that's going, and the costing, and tell us whether you're happy with the speed at which it's happening?