Thank you, Mr. Chair.
In the steering committee meeting I raised the issue of doing a study with respect to arming the border guards. We know now that this process is going to take 10 years, but what we're not 100% clear on is the cost and how the program should be rolled out, its efficacy.
Certainly we have the time; it's a major undertaking. It's one that all parties believe is important to understand as we move forward, so I asked the steering committee to propose a list of potential witnesses. I put them in order of preference and listed those who I think would be relevant to the discussion. I don't see the bottom four as particularly critical, but certainly the first four are, as well as a few in the centre.
I have this in both official languages and will pass it to the clerk to be distributed.