Public Safety committee  Under the Customs Act...yes.

Public Safety committee  Not yet. They haven't applied for that yet. It's open to them. We have told them.... We saw it a couple of weeks ago, when the OPP did a joint operation with the police of Montreal. They seized a lot of cars and arrested a few people. They came in with the police of jurisdiction, which is the police of Montreal.

Public Safety committee  It is. My comprehension is that it is working with them.

Public Safety committee  I will try to answer that. We acknowledge that there might be some criminal organizations operating in the port. They are everywhere—at all sorts of points of entry, be they ports, land ports or other organizations. They are present and part of our society. What we've done at the port over the years is manage the access and the identification of people working at the port, making it more difficult for them to operate openly in the ports.

Public Safety committee  It's CBSA technology.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  If there are vehicles inside containers, they're inside containers. They cannot be seen. The container is sealed. We don't have the authority or power to open the container to see what's inside. It belongs to the CBSA.

Public Safety committee  Yes, they have to be sealed.

Public Safety committee  I can't really say, but it's not much.

Public Safety committee  The containers are either 20-foot or 40-foot. Those are the two standards. There are some that are 53-foot, but they're rare. They can fit two cars in a 20-foot container or four cars in a 40-foot container.

Public Safety committee  No. We don't have access to that information.

Public Safety committee  The Canada Marine Act, which governs marine infrastructure, gives us powers and obligations. Under this act, we have a responsibility to ensure the overall safety of people and goods transiting through the Port of Montreal. We are not talking about the cargo inside the containers; we are talking about the container.