I can provide some information and then we can endeavour to get back to you if you would like some more. Unfortunately, our colleagues from the Department of Finance were unable to join us today because of budget commitments.
What I can tell you is, in general, Canada's border plan and Bill C-12 do have specific measures and provisions that are aimed at targeting money laundering, which we know is an important aspect of tackling the cross-border crime issue.
In Bill C-12, there are changes to the administrative monetary penalties, for example, that can be administered by increasing them by 40 times the current amount so that for businesses, money laundering isn't seen as the cost of doing business and there are actual strong penalties they will face if there are indeed infractions under the act.
That's probably the one most important provision I would highlight from what's contained in Bill C-12. If you would like any additional information on that, we can endeavour to have our Department of Finance colleagues respond.
