I'll ask you to think outside the box a little bit.
We often hear about the Canada Border Services Agency in a context of streamlining available money and resources. We want to move towards perhaps more ambitious projects.
That said, I've heard people like Ms. Kronis and Mrs. DeBellefeuille say regional economies can never compete with major centres.
Nevertheless, we can't disregard regional economies. In that sense, I'd like to know what you'd think about a public-private partnership. Would that be possible?
I hear there's a lot of interest, that 20 to 30 ports would like to have services. However, it's unrealistic to think that, in a short period of time, the agency alone could do that.
Would a public-private partnership, a user-pay model or any other strategy you could collaborate on financially be a solution?
Maybe that's never been discussed, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.