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Public Safety committee  Perhaps I will have the opportunity to come back to some of the other things we're doing that are making a difference. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  Thank you, sir.

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  Of course, I'm telling you the truth, Mr. Paul-Hus. I was acknowledging the exceptional work that's being done by CBSA and by the RCMP, the police, provincial and municipal, right across the country. Given the resources and support they have had available to them, I think they d

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  Could you be specific about which Auditor General's report you are referring to, sir?

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry, I was referring to guns and money laundering. If you're talking about asylum claimants, one of the things that was identified, I believe, in that report was the work that was being done in security screening by CBSA.

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  Do you want an answer to that? Sir, I'm happy to try to answer your question.

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  If there are any other questions you don't want answered, let me know.

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  Yes, real dogs. I actually met the dog. His name is Bones.

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  They showed me how he searched a car. It's a really extraordinary use of even that. It's low-tech, but it works, and it works really well. They were able to also share with me some of the extraordinary successes they've been able to achieve, including, for example, the seizure

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  We identified a number of ways in which guns were getting into the hands of criminals. As I've already mentioned, a portion of those—some estimate 50%, some estimate as much as 70%—are in fact smuggled across the border. We also know that a number of those firearms that are subse

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  Yes. Thank you very much, Ms. Dabrusin. Guns that end up in the hands of criminals and are used to commit violent crimes in our community have a number of different sources. There are various estimates available from the various police services and agencies across the country th

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will endeavour to be judicious in my responses, to adhere to your direction. It's a pleasure to once again have the opportunity to join the committee to discuss the 2019-20 main estimates. These estimates will include authorities for measures that, of cou

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Finance  Mr. Speaker, our government takes very seriously the integrity of our financial sector and the threat posed to Canada's national security by money laundering and organized crime. That is why in budget 2019 we brought forward new measures to improve the transparency of beneficial

May 16th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Finance  Mr. Speaker, let me first say how delighted I am to hear about the NDP's new-found interest in money laundering. In budget 2019 we created the action, coordination and enforcement team and a money laundering centre of expertise to strengthen financial intelligence information sh

May 16th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Finance  Mr. Speaker, our government takes the threat posed by money laundering very seriously. That is precisely why we introduced, in budget 2019, significant new measures and significant new investments to increase the RCMP, CBSA and FINTRAC's ability to deal with this issue. We have

May 15th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal