Again, my thanks to the committee members, and the government side especially, for making this possible. As you've heard from my constituent from the great riding of Calgary Shepard—not the greatest, but a great riding, as I know everybody is going to correct me and say theirs is the greatest—it has taken five years to get to this point where I could get a committee hearing. That's the nice part.
Also to the officials, thank you all for being here. I know we've picked you out of your departments on a weekday to present what is—I admit it, and so did Mr. Reed—a very small niche issue.
Now I'll go into the more negative aspect of it. I have all the correspondence here, that back and forth with the minister's office that Mr. Reed has given me, as well as the petition response that I got, which was very unsatisfactory.
This is what happens when issues such as this are not dealt with immediately, when a resident of Canada raises an issue of private property, raises an issue that is very technical in nature.
Mr. DeJong, you said you are waiting, because at the end of the year there will be changes to the Motor Vehicle Safety Act regulations to allow Canadians to import their American-plated vehicles temporarily, but my understanding is that first they have to seek a permit. They won't just be able to show up at the border. They would apply for a permit ahead of time with the Canadian government. They would fill out the application with the licence plate information.
Could you tell me more about how that will actually function?