Thank you to the officials.
This actually is of interest to me, believe it or not.
Right now, the way section 6 of the Customs Act is worded, infrastructure and property must be provided for duties related to the proper detention and examination of goods. This is quite a bit of an impact.
My question is twofold.
Firstly, with respect to private border crossings versus border crossings that are owned in whole or in part by the government, is there a difference? At a private border crossing, would private enterprise be expected to put this up, whereas at a government-owned or partially government-owned border crossing it would not?
Secondly, what is the import of the proper detention and examination of goods as opposed to the all-encompassing wording? Does that mean, for instance, if the CBSA says they need a new lunchroom, the private enterprise has to pay for it?