Public Safety committee  Right. I don't think I can go into a lot of detail about the plans in terms of the Cornwall situation, other than to say we are exploring several options, one of which would include staying at the port of Cornwall.

Public Safety committee  A task force has been set up. They're involved in discussions with a number of stakeholders, including the city council in Cornwall and the Mohawk community on the reserve. As I said, they're exploring a number of options. The options have been in the media. The options would inc

Public Safety committee  That I can't say. I know that in the short term the plan is to stay at the interim port in Cornwall. I don't think there are any plans, certainly in the short term, at least until the fall. There's no plan to change in the short term.

Public Safety committee  There are several questions there. In relation to Cornwall, as you know, a number of options are being explored, and the agency is committed to finding a viable long-term solution. We remain committed to ongoing discussions with the stakeholders. Certainly maintaining the presen

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I wish we had a representative from our legal side here. One potential problem in that area is that I know we have on at least one occasion raised the issue of trying to apply section 124 in relation to these types of unregistered consultants, and the view of crown counsel was

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have the same system restraint as the RCMP has. We track our cases by the section individuals are charged under as opposed to the nature of the individual, according to some numbers in relation to charges under various sections of IRB that relate to counselling misrepresentati

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon. My name is Steve Sloan and I am the director of the criminal investigations division at the Canada Border Services Agency. I want to thank the committee for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss our role in relation to the issue of immigration cons

Industry committee  Let me say it this way. The WCO, the World Customs Organization, has set up best practices, suggestions for customs administrations on how to deal with counterfeit goods, and that is part of their model of recommendations.

Industry committee  You're asking for a personal opinion?

Industry committee  I didn't think we were supposed to give personal opinions, but let me say it this way—

Industry committee  Do you mean smuggling now or—?

Industry committee  I'll just add one point on that. In terms of smuggling, because counterfeiting itself isn't an offence—it's not an offence to import counterfeit goods—we don't see counterfeit goods smuggled in many of the instances. However, for goods that are highly taxed, like tobacco and alco

Industry committee  Oh, me and my big mouth!

Industry committee  Well, no organization is immune from certain of its employees being compromised. That's certainly a rare occurrence. I'm not sure if you're referring to CBSA staff.

Industry committee  For the most part, the examination process is handled by CBSA.