Transport committee  No. With Transport Canada's temporary importation program, I believe that when our colleagues from the CBSA they talk about a 30-day limit and limitations on driving, that's for something coming in for Transport Canada approval. Once you are coming in with a Transport Canada ap

Transport committee  We can only address it from the federal level. The provinces retain—

Transport committee  I do not believe so. The U.S. and Canada have different standards. As such, they reciprocate exactly what we do. When you're permanently importing a vehicle into Canada, you have to make certain modifications to make it Canadian-compliant, including modified daytime running light

Transport committee  Basically, the Motor Vehicle Safety Act currently ensures that vehicles coming into Canada are Canadian-compliant. With NAFTA, or whatever it's called now, Mexican and U.S. vehicles are allowed into Canada under certain conditions, to be modified and inspected, because the safety

Transport committee  From Transport Canada's perspective, that is correct.

Transport committee  No, that fee would not apply on temporary importation.

Transport committee  That's the electronic online system. It stands for temporary vehicle importation system. People have the option to log on to a computer and complete all the information. It's automatically reviewed and processed by Transport Canada officials. Then they will respond electronically

Transport committee  As soon as you cross the border, you are importing the clothes on your back, even. When it comes to a vehicle, you're importing. It's at that time you have to declare to customs whether this is a permanent or temporary importation. Based on that decision, different process flows

Transport committee  On that I'm going to have to defer to the CBSA, because the 30-day and the “not use” are CBSA criteria.

Transport committee  No, it's an existing one.

Transport committee  We just expanded it to add one more purpose, which is this.

Transport committee  For personal importation, yes. If you've heard of the single-window initiative that has to do with commercial importation, that's electronic. For personal importation, yes, it is still a paper process.

Transport committee  No. You cannot show it on your phone.

Transport committee  Again, it's on a case-by-case basis. For example, if someone says, “I'd like to bring my vehicle in for three months,” and something happens and three months become four months, they can simply contact Transport Canada and say, “My permit number is such and such, I had stated thr

Transport committee  Currently, there are allowances for temporary importation. The changes in the regulation that will be put into effect by the end of this year in part II of the Canada Gazette are to expand on that. What's being added is an ability to do exactly what we're discussing today, to tem