Public Safety committee  The present Prime Minister committed last year to explore the terms and conditions for cargo pre-clearance and to explore possible pilots. That's what we are looking at right now with the U.S.

Public Safety committee  That's correct. It is about 12 million per year. I don't believe we have any projections. I'll turn to my colleague from Transport to double-check on that.

Public Safety committee  There are a couple of points to highlight. As Minister Goodale mentioned, U.S. officers will be trained in the procedures used by Canadian officers, in terms of the standards for detaining people for the purposes of a search, so there is training. In terms of individuals who ar

Public Safety committee  As for the specific figure that Minister Goodale mentioned, we had asked our colleagues at U.S. Customs and Border Protection and CBSA to look at their statistics for the last year, and there were no cases in the past year where U.S. Customs and Border Protection had asked CBSA t

Public Safety committee  Yes. That's correct.

Public Safety committee  There are no specific provisions around that in terms of U.S. officers. The same provisions that apply currently in pre-clearance apply to the U.S. officers, so there is no requirement for them to provide services in a variety of languages. Martin, could you speak to that, in te

Public Safety committee  As laid out in the legislation and the agreement, officers are limited. They can ask the person for their identity and their reasons for withdrawing. Regarding the circumstances for the purposes of maintaining security of the border, an example might be if during the course of