Justice committee  It would be reasonable to state that definitely with the authorities, we'll be able to be more effective with our law enforcement partners. How that will materialize in terms of numbers and volume is the question mark. The bonus is that because our law enforcement partners know t

Justice committee  I think that's a fair comment. What I meant about “gathering intelligence” was just to make sure that it was clear that we're not mandated to be in the intelligence-gathering business. I guess that's the clarity I wanted to provide. You're right that as part of our business on

Justice committee  There are definitely information-sharing parameters in place with the various partners you've mentioned; yes, that is correct.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  That's right. Not on the export, that's correct.

Justice committee  That would be appropriate. Basically what happens is when a person provides us with the export declaration, we look at that declaration to determine whether it looks kosher, as you say, whether it looks right, whether what is being exported and the destination it is destined for

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  That's correct. We had the RCMP, along with some local jurisdictions.

Justice committee  I'll use the CBSA language—

Justice committee  There is no expectation at this point to proceed to hire new resources or FTs to do this work. That said, part of the reason we need this legislation is that we are so limited in what we can do, specifically with regard to stolen vehicles, to really understand the magnitude of

Justice committee  I'm not saying they would necessarily be coming from Windsor. For example, when we did the probe, during a six-month period we did a focused effort of having our existing staff focus in the port of Halifax and Montreal with our law enforcement partner. We might do another stint o

Justice committee  Do you mean if we suspect theft? If I am told that the container has oranges in it, not a car, and when I examine it, I find a car, then I am suspicious.Then I have to call the local police or the RCMP and tell them that I think I have found a stolen vehicle. At that point, I ha

Justice committee  We could get access to a vehicle if, by chance, when we are looking at an export declaration, we see that the declaration is inaccurate in some administrative way. If the declaration says that a car is in the container and we find a car in the container with a serial number tha