Public Safety committee  I think we need to start by getting money invested into looking at opening a second college. Right now, we only have the one. Again, we cannot pump out even 600 new officers every year, which isn't even covering attrition, so with what you have in place, you're simply not catchin

Public Safety committee  I would think we need a second facility. The maximum with the one facility now is under 600 per year, which simply isn't allowing us to catch up.

Public Safety committee  I would think so. There have been some options in different locations floated, but I do think we definitely need a second location.

Public Safety committee  There is no shortage of applicants. It's simply a matter of space and opportunity for them to become CBSA officers. The program is 18 weeks long. We have a one-year, on-the-job apprenticeship that goes along with that. It's a long process to get fully trained to be able to full

Public Safety committee  The CBSA has a very difficult job on its hands in balancing priorities. When you look at what is being imported into Canada and what we, obviously, want to keep out, the CBSA has staffing constraints. Those numbers you just provided of five full-time officers is still five full-t

Public Safety committee  Given what's in place now, it would not be realistic to be able to do that volume of examinations. That being said, any investment in infrastructure—if there was space to go along with it, if there were additional officers and we were able to actually use the equipment—absolutely

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. I think it sends a very negative message. What we're seeing overall is an overreliance on technologies, like ArriveCAN, as you mentioned. We have PIK machines at airports. There are other technologies for which the focus seems to be replacing officer

Public Safety committee  Thank you. It affects it greatly. You don't know what you're not catching when you don't look. We effectively don't look at rail at all, so if you're asking me to tell you exactly how much is coming in, we really don't know because it's not a mode that we're looking into. When

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, as the national president of the union that represents CBSA personnel, including the border officers who work at marine ports, I'm glad to once again have the opportunity to appear before you. I hope to be of some assist

Public Safety committee  It is what I meant. To bring about real change, again, we have to address things systemically. Right now, the system we have at the CBSA is that if a CBSA employee brings forward complaints against management, it's dealt with by management. That's all that anyone will ever hear

Public Safety committee  The number of people who are placed on leave without pay for serious allegations is not to the point where it would cause us to run out of officers. The deficit of officers we have is something that's existed for a long time, and it is extreme. However, for people who are placed

Public Safety committee  That's good to know. Yes, I think that's an absolutely viable option. Thank you.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I think what's lacking is the ability of CBSA officers to bring forward complaints.

Public Safety committee  I can do that quickly—thank you—if I have five seconds. I think the CBSA needs to focus on not investigating absolutely everything locally. It's become an agency that does everything through formal investigation. The ability to manage or speak to employees has been abandoned at

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Yes, I believe that what we need is an overall culture change. I think we need more education. We need more than just identifying one bad actor and disciplining them for x number of days and then moving on as though that has corrected anything. I think that in the C