Madam Speaker, when I visited the border crossing at Osoyoos, British Columbia and Oroville, Washington, one of the bigger border crossings in the country, agents were so excited because they had actually intercepted someone smuggling guns across the border, I think for the first time. They had a sniffer dog and all kinds of things, but because they are so short-staffed, they discovered this only because they were watching out for this particular individual; when he did cross the border, they paid special attention to him.
There are also five small border crossings in my riding. This is one of the big border crossings, but because it is so short-staffed, the agents just simply cannot give attention to these things. This is where the problem with guns is really coming into Canada: at our borders.
There are all sorts of other issues. The member mentioned drugs. There are also invasive mussels, which are a huge concern in the southern interior of British Columbia. These are things that we really have to pay attention to, and it costs money. I know that Conservatives do not like spending money, but this is what we have to do collectively to make our border safer.