Mr. Speaker, for sake of time I would like to deal with just one aspect of my colleague's comments and that is to do with the ports police.
The shutting down of the ports police was against every possible piece of advice that the government received. Absolutely everything went against it because we had a gathering of information and a gathering of intelligence. In particular, we had a gathering of experienced officers. There was a wealth of information. On the day the ports police were disbanded around Canada was the day that information fundamentally evaporated. Many of the files physically evaporated when that took place.
This is part of the co-ordination that we have been talking about. My colleague from Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, myself and others have been talking about having a co-ordinated effort. This information must go into a pool. We must develop a way to enhance the pool of intelligence and the pool of experience of our police and enforcement forces. In that regard I absolutely agree with my colleague from Pictou as well.