Foreign Affairs committee  I suspect that these are two distinct but somewhat related issues. With regard to the Uyghur region, I suspect the issue relates more to forced labour and, as colleagues will know, the forced labour regime is administered through the customs tariff. To date, we have had no specif

Foreign Affairs committee  I understand, yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. That's really the context that I want to provide to you. Because the CBSA administers over a hundred different legislative, regulatory and international treaty requirements at the border, our posture is to always put in place an effective and appropriate risk mitigation and

Foreign Affairs committee  To answer your question directly, I'm not sure whether any officials have ever come before you and told you they have enough resources, thank you very much. If your purse strings are open, we'll take them, but—

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. We'll certainly commit to getting back in writing with precise details. I can tell you now that the CBSA has risk-assessed over 700 shipments since the provisions came into effect. These are shipments with a declared end destination of Russia. Of those, 40 form

Foreign Affairs committee  It's certainly true that importers are responsible for paying applicable duties and taxes, be they duties that are normally ascribed through the customs tariff or duties that are done through the Special Economic Measures Act. It is certainly true, and there are unintended conseq

Foreign Affairs committee  That's right. I can't give you any follow-up on it right now.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, we will follow up with our colleagues and communicate with the committee.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, and on that point, I can confirm that those kinds of companies form part of the type of analysis that our intelligence program does in issuing lookouts and targets for inbound imports. That is definitely a key component of import declaration lists against which we run our ta

Foreign Affairs committee  It's an iterative process. Certainly, officials have great working relationships. There are working-level committees and regular committees. There is no one person who is in charge of interdepartmental organizational models. I can certainly tell you that there is no organizationa