Thank you.
Border security is a hot topic these days. The Government of Canada just announced that it will do the same as the United States and reduce service hours at certain border crossings. That affects some ridings in Quebec, because those border crossings will have reduced hours of service beginning on January 6. That sends somewhat of a conflicting message, because at the same time, more officers are said to be needed at and in between border crossings.
When I raised that to the government, I was told that the decision had been made to reduce hours of service at certain border crossings that figures showed were not very busy. However, those figures were not broken down on an hourly basis.
I imagine you don't have the information in hand, but could you get back to the committee with the border crossing numbers for the Trout River and Herdman ports of entry, for instance? That way, we'll know when people cross the border there. We were told that, after 6 p.m., some ports of entry had just two crossings.