Public Safety committee  I'm going to turn to my colleague Mr. Vinette, who's responsible for port of entry operations.

Public Safety committee  I can speak to that. We have an excellent working relationship with both agencies as well as other related partners such as ATF, CBP, and local police of jurisdictions in various parts of this country and on the other side of the border. As was just mentioned, we have our integr

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  Yes, it targets a number of different activities that we'll be undertaking, some of which obviously have been ongoing since 2018, including to the point of adding technology, of introducing new technologies and exploring new technologies that can enhance our capacities, and of en

Public Safety committee  From a CBSA perspective, I think the challenge of combatting firearms is multi-faceted and is going to require a whole-of-government response. It's going to take many facets to do that. CBSA is very focused on ensuring that we use the resources we've been given and the investment

Public Safety committee  I can't speak to provincial regulations or legislation to this effect. As I say, we work closely with our provincial partners and our territorial partners and will continue to do so to leverage our mandate to support their efforts to combat firearms smuggling.

Public Safety committee  The committee started meeting as of the fall and bringing the partners together, specifically for the purpose of identifying these patterns and threats that you're talking about, namely the intelligence—not only the sharing but also the actual consolidation of some of that intell

Public Safety committee  Yes, it was $51.5 million over the first five years, and then $7.5 million ongoing, so that will be money that continues into the future.

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  Yes, guns and gang violence.

Public Safety committee  I would add that we also had a recent announcement in budget 2021 of a five-year investment of $38.5 million, with an ongoing amount of over $6 million as well. That will supplement those efforts as well.

Public Safety committee  Yes, that is the case. Between March 2016 and March 2021, there has been a 4.5% increase in our workforce, 622 FTEs that have been onboarded across the agency to respond to emerging initiatives. Some of those that were mentioned earlier include to support irregular migration eff

Public Safety committee  As I said before, we have the mandate primarily at the ports of entry. The RCMP have the mandate between the ports, so I would probably defer to them to speak to those efforts between the ports. From a CBSA perspective, I think we want to have an intelligence-led approach to thi

Public Safety committee  I would say that our expertise is in the area of customs and the application of the laws in that space, whereas the RCMP have the expertise in the Criminal Code.

Public Safety committee  Yes, this is the task force that I was just referencing, with the partners that I've identified. They are working together quite closely. It has been operating since the fall. They are working on a joint threat assessment in the firearms base at the current time, which we expec