Ms. O'Connell, I share your view that the continued security and integrity of the border is something that has, I think, occupied our government over the last 10 years.
You noted, for example, investments that have been made consistently over a number of years. For example, 10 years ago, the budget for CSIS was $550 million; with these estimates, it'll be over $764 million. The Border Services Agency budget was $2 billion in 2014; it will now be $2.8 billion. The RCMP budget was over $2.8 billion in 2014, and with these estimates, it'll be over $5.7 billion. We have continued to make investments, but we recognize, as we've said publicly, that there's always more work we can do.
I have become a very considerable fan of the excellent work that all of the agencies represented at the table do to protect Canadians and keep them safe. I've seen first-hand the RCMP and CBSA in terms of border security. I've seen briefings from our friends at CSIS that allow the RCMP and the CBSA to be prepared, as you noted, for intelligence-driven information that allows them to make operational decisions in their judgment.
Finally, Ms. O'Connell, I think your question was a good one. This was the conversation at Mar-a-Lago on Friday evening. It is a shared concern. We told President-elect Trump and his future cabinet secretaries that the fight against fentanyl was one that Canada absolutely understood. We have the same objective as they do—to dismantle the criminal gangs and Mexican cartels and to stop the arrival of precursor chemicals largely, but not exclusively, from China. That's work that's done every day by the men and women represented at this table with me, and the people who work for them. It's very important work that we should be proud of, because a great deal of it is done with American partners.
I think the conversation with the Americans on Friday evening was revealing, in the sense that we all took stock of the integrated border enforcement teams, for example. The commissioner will correct me if I have the geography wrong, but the Province of Quebec has an integrated border enforcement team. Partners from the Sûreté du Québec, for example, participate in this work. This model repeats itself in other parts of the country. The CBSA is a partner.
This is an ongoing and active effort that so many people lean in on. Recognizing, as Ms. Dancho said, the threat of potentially devastating tariff applications to Canadians and the Canadian economy means that we need to show Canadians—and by consequence, our American friends—that this work is ongoing and that we're prepared to step up in a visible way as well.
