Public Safety committee  Thank you, Minister. Thank you, Mr. Chair. You're correct. In fact, the cuts at CBSA have been aligned with transforming a lot of the back-office work we're doing, realigning programs. The front line, which really is the people that you meet at primary, either at land border o

Public Safety committee  It's a combination. It's a layered approach. First, we do a lot of pre-screening, whether it's in air or in the marine mode. Sometimes it's officer intuition; other times it's through various detection technologies. We do take a number of containers aside every day to inspect t

Official Languages committee  As I told you, we're meeting with the executive committee on December 23. It should be ready in January. I would be pleased to send it to you.

Official Languages committee  We certainly do. I think the challenge for these sorts of discussions is that we legitimately on areas where we have complaints, where we have problems. Mr. Sabourin talked about the volume. We will get 230,000 passengers today. I get a lot of positive feedback about the service

Official Languages committee  Well, if you do the average, it will probably be zero, because we had 35 last year.

Official Languages committee  I haven't received any specific instructions, except with regard to my role as president—because we belong to the public service. As deputy head, I'm responsible for managing this file.

Official Languages committee  First, I started occupying my position on November 15. The directive comes from the deputy head. I don't have any specific directives, except that it must be understood that we are responsible for the administration of a number of acts. Secondly, all our senior executives have m

Official Languages committee  If the positions are bilingual, yes, we advertise for bilingual people. We hire people on an imperative basis; their applications have to be consistent with the job profile.

Official Languages committee  There is nevertheless that flexibility, but staffing is done regionally, and the directors general fill the positions based on needs.

Official Languages committee  That's the case.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  That's correct; four of them are not.

Official Languages committee  That's correct.

Official Languages committee  Four employees cannot meet the linguistic profile. You have to consider that the vast majority of clients at the Quebec border are anglophones coming from the United States.

Official Languages committee  No, that's not it. The designation of the border crossings is based on four or five criteria.