Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a few moments to congratulate my colleague for his bill on conflict minerals. His speech was very eloquent. I congratulate him on this initiative that all members strongly support.
With respect to Bill C-8, my colleague spoke at length about the lack of available data. Experts have pointed that out as well. It is very difficult to determine the impact of counterfeiting. It certainly has an impact, but the data are lacking. As he mentioned, we support the bill.
My colleague spoke about resources and mentioned Mr. Geist, who said that it was not always easy to detect counterfeit goods.
Have we allocated the resources needed for border officers to be able to detect counterfeit goods?