Mr. Speaker, the hon. member should be aware that we have one of the most effective customs services in the world which operates extremely efficiently along our border.
He should also be aware that the numbers of officers have been increased substantially within the last year, indeed in February of last year and thereafter.
He should be aware because his specific concern is that of firearms that we have a situation involving our border with the United States, a country which has a vast number of weapons, a country which has a tradition of people both carrying and using weapons which is quite foreign to our own. It is very important for us to use, as we are doing, modern equipment, dogs to sniff out weapons, which they can do and also as many custom officers as we can. We are using all possible means to intercept weapons at the border.
However, I warn him that it is not possible-