Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Minister and officials, for being here.
That last series of questions would suggest that there have been zero investments made or protections done for our borders and that we are only looking at securing our borders in 48 days.
I find that to be ridiculous, especially given that even in the supplementary estimates that we're looking at here, which would have been worked on previous to any American election, there are in fact investments going into our border.
Minister, my question to you is twofold.
One, the commissioner, in our previous panel, mentioned surge capacity and that there isn't the intelligence yet to suggest that a surge is needed. However, in the event that this changes, they are ready, so that's part of addressing this.
Two, we also have border security measures that we want to work with the Americans on, in particular when it comes to guns entering the border. When it's dealing with President-elect Trump's concerns around securing borders, it is the southern border, where there were over 2.1 million entries. What are we doing not only to secure our borders on both sides, but also to increase resources?
The fact is that we have consistently been making these sorts of investments. We've always been committed to ensuring that our partnership with the U.S. is important, and that goes both ways in terms of imports of things like illegal drugs and guns.