Transport committee  The penalties can be monetary, up to the duties and taxes owed on that vehicle. The vehicle may be seized for the owner's untrue statements.

Transport committee  To clarify, the 30 days is outlined in customs tariff item 9802, which outlines the conditions under which a resident of Canada may temporarily import a vehicle. The conditions are up to 30 days. The vehicle would have to be exported solely for going from the port of entry to poi

Transport committee  If I could clarify, the paper I referred to was a temporary import permit. It's a separate administrative document. They're not used in all cases of the temporary importation of a vehicle.

Transport committee  Part of my role is to provide the front-line functional guidance in matters related to a regulatory change and policy change. We have a process set up whereby we would issue what's called a “shift briefing” in an operational bulletin. It will reference back to the various authori

Transport committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair and members of the committee. As the committee is aware, the agency's mandate is complex and dynamic. In managing the border, we administer and enforce over 90 acts and regulations on behalf of other federal government departments and the provinces an