Thank you very much.
I did want to follow up on the issue of rail. When I spoke to the Winnipeg police on Friday, they showed me a map of guns they've traced from Mexico and all over the U.S. There is a direct rail line from Mexico through the U.S. right up to Winnipeg. We have something called CentrePort where we have a massive amount of railcars coming in. The police explained that they do not have the capacity to check all of these railcars. We also heard from CBSA and the union representing their border agents that they don't have the capacity to search all of the railcars.
Police were very keen to express to me that there is a rising amount of drug and gun smuggling compared to even five years ago. It's substantially increased and it's increasing at an exponential rate.
I appreciate the funds your government has given to the border agents. That's fantastic. However, this is a growing issue. Again, I would just say that I think with the billion dollars that your government may be proposing for the handgun ban or the buyback, there would be much more of an impact on public safety if we could search railcars at a higher capacity. That is where police are saying illegal firearms and illegal drugs are coming in.