Mr. Chair, it won't surprise you that I don't agree entirely with the premise of our colleague's question.
I thought I talked about the support that our government has given to the RCMP, the CBSA and border enforcement. A lot of it is in partnership with American colleagues. I think it takes nothing away from the obligation of the government to consider, at all times, what additional measures we can take to support this work that's done. In some cases, it's human resources. In some cases, it's technology.
I think we also have to be honest. When the incoming president of the United States threatens to put a 25% tariff on goods exported to the United States.... We saw a 10% tariff some years ago on the steel and aluminum sector of the Canadian economy and the pain point that it caused. This is a different order of magnitude.
A responsible government would, I hope, take every opportunity to show the incoming administration, as you noted in the question, how seriously it takes this issue and how it's prepared to step up in partnership with them. Four days after the president-elect's comments, we took it as a positive sign that we had dinner with him at his residence in Florida on the Friday of a holiday weekend, the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend.