Finance committee  I think there is a misunderstanding with respect to the current status of the pilot projects. There are no pilot projects under way today. The pilot projects were of a very short duration to test a concept. In order to continue with the type of work that was under way and followi

Finance committee  I think this tool will provide us greater operational flexibility in the border environment and help us better leverage each other's resources while respecting each country's sovereignty.

Finance committee  I'd be speaking hypothetically, and I think everything is fact-based. So to suggest there may be circumstances when the head of the organization failed to exercise leadership to control misconduct may result in some sort of discipline or firing—

Finance committee  With respect to the 2007 pilot projects that were the longer term pilots, two of them were run concurrently, one on the west coast and one on the St. Lawrence Seaway in the area of Cornwall. The Shiprider teams were involved in a number of interdictions and arrests. They were in

Finance committee  Well, the framework agreement sets out the accountability requirements. For criminal misconduct in Canada, Canada would retain jurisdiction and investigate it like any other serious incident. For civil liability, Canada and the U.S. have to sit down and decide how that would be m

Finance committee  That speaks specifically to the use of force. When we first piloted Shiprider, we actually provided a full suite of use-of-force training from the U.S. side and on the Canadian side, and the feedback we received from participants is that they were so much alike it was a waste of

Finance committee  Unfortunately, that's not within my area of responsibility, so I can't speak to those issues.

Finance committee  I'll just reinforce a couple of aspects that have already been spoken to by Mr. Zigayer and Mr. Bolton. I think the framework agreement is very explicit in terms of respect for sovereignty and the conditions under which these operations may unfold. The legislation itself is ver

Finance committee  With respect to Shiprider operations, the intent is to leverage each other's resources to bring greater crime-fighting capability along the Canada-U.S. border. If we had additional resources, all the better, because then we could apply them to enhance the border. But the reality

Finance committee  In terms of cost estimates, the answer is no.

Finance committee  I believe the Senate committee has studied this on two occasions: in relation to Bill S-13, and most recently in relation to the pre-study they are doing for Bill C-38.

Finance committee  I do not recall any--at least I haven't been called to testify.

Finance committee  The framework agreement provides for the opportunity for air officers or air observers to be cross-designated. I think the important element to understand about this aerial support—and it is only support, since they are not involved in direct law enforcement—is that they essentia

Finance committee  At this point we know that customs and border protection has a drone along the Canada-U.S. border. At this point we haven't worked that type of equipment or technology into our concept of operations. However, for the future, we are always looking to leverage technology, as we are

Finance committee  I don't think we've broken it down into those very fine extremes. What I can say is that smugglers are very quick to respond to operational or law enforcement posture. Sometimes because of our processes and procedures we're not so quick to respond, so it's easy for smugglers to m