In echoing a lot of what Mr. Bieger had to say, certainly data sharing exists currently between CBSA and U.S. Customs. The project I introduced to you in my testimony would be a great example of the U.S. being able to help facilitate export inspections by CBSA. Therefore, it's having some sort of memorandum of understanding or memorandum of agreement that when there is information through this export scanning facility, the Canadian government is also aware of what has passed through the scan.
One thing that I might want to also focus on—again, getting back to that recurring thought in my testimony—is that Canada needs to invest in its technology. Mr. Bieger mentioned earlier the IT outage that occurred about a month ago at airports and land border crossings. This type of failure is not unprecedented. It happened in 2018 for a single day. This one lasted for three days and created havoc at the border, as well as in the communities on the U.S. side of the border. Investing in the upgrading of software, servers and other IT equipment is tantamount to making sure the border is going to be managed effectively.
