International Trade committee  Thank you. I'll stay for just a few more minutes to hear some of the questions.

International Trade committee  Yes, I do have a flight to catch, to Washington.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for accommodating my schedule. I'm on my way to Washington to attend a panel on dispute resolution tomorrow. The Business Council of Canada represents chief executives, entrepreneurs, and more than 150 leading Canadian companies

Public Safety committee  To my understanding, when Quebec City Lesage airport supported the announcement of the pre-clearance agreement, it actually said that this would contribute $75 million a year in economic growth and opportunity to the Quebec City region. One example is a fairly serious increase i

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry. I can only offer that in our review we support an agreement that provides the opportunity to enhance pre-clearance, to expand the number of facilities that this appeals to, and to offer greater protection within Canada to ensure that Canadian travellers are able to tra

Public Safety committee  The only thing I would say is that with the length of time it took to negotiate this agreement with the United States, and the fact that it was negotiated under a previous administration with President Obama and Prime Minister Harper, and was then reiterated and supported by Pres

Public Safety committee  With respect to the costs, I would want to come back to you with some examples of reduced costs, which I could provide to you in greater detail. From our perspective, our vision is that you would enable a CBSA officer to be perhaps at the GM facility and able to certify that the

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  My answer to that would be similar to an answer that I think was given by officials when they were at committee a little while ago. The agreement in the legislation does not get into exactly the specifics or the educational programs that would need to be undertaken by officials o

Public Safety committee  I suspect that my friends from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association could probably represent that.

Public Safety committee  It's not that we rely on them. Our position is that we believe the government has a responsibility in this area and will take that responsibility seriously, so we trust that.

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  We have. I think what I would offer in exchange is that if, for example, one of our members was travelling from an airport where pre-clearance wasn't offered, they would be entering the United States and would be subject to those searches if a reason were found for the search t

Public Safety committee  I think the only comment I would make is that the either-or scenario that you present is one that only applies to facilities that currently have pre-clearance. There are a number that don't.

Public Safety committee  There are currently only a certain number of facilities within Canada that offer pre-clearance. All of the other travellers from Canada, the more than 1.6 million travellers from Quebec City, don't have the opportunity to travel under pre-clearance, and therefore must cross into