Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here, Minister.
My first question is on the Canada Border Services Agency.
Budget 2014-2015 does not seem to have had much of an effect on it as compared to the 2013-2014 one. However, on the ground needs sometimes seem quite acute. For instance, there are six border posts in my riding. There was the case of the illegal immigrants who entered at Stanstead, which lasted almost five years.
Whenever we go and see officers in the field, they talk about the lack of resources, in particular technological and human resources, since for a few years they have seen that when a person retires or is assigned elsewhere he or she is not replaced.
How can the Canada Border Services Agency continue to ensure security when its budget stays more or less the same from one year to the next?