Mr. Speaker, the shiprider program has been operating on a pilot basis since 2005. As I mentioned in my speech, we have seen the positive outcomes. I gave the example of a child who was abducted and because of the shiprider program, the child was reunited with his parents.
This will promote economic benefits by protecting the border and cracking down on the smuggling of contraband.
As I mentioned, more than one million contraband cigarettes were confiscated in one year, and marijuana also. The target for all these drugs and contraband cigarettes ultimately is our youth, the young children in our schools.
I would ask my colleague to help us to implement these rules so that we can protect our youth from all these smugglers.