Translation of "section du mouvement des marchandises " (French → English) :

‘carriage of goods and passengers by sea’ means the movement of goods and passengers using seagoing vessels, on voyages which are undertaken wholly or partly at sea.

Customs services have information about every movement of goods imported into or exported from the EU and they apply sophisticated systems and methods to control all types of goods.

It covers not only threats to public security in the movement of goods (criminal, terrorist or other trafficking or illegal trade in firearms, biological products or explosives, for example), but also the threats to society's security from trade in goods which pose a risk to public health, the environment and consumers.

If we are to have free travel and trade routes and keep that trade flowing to eliminate hours of backlog at the border, we must address not only the concerns of the American people but also the concerns of Canadians who have come forward so strongly since September 11 (1055) Mr. Joe Comartin (Windsor—St. Clair, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it gives me pleasure to speak to the bill today, not because of what is in it but for the opportunity to address issues that should be raised concerning the travel of people and commercial goods across the border between ourselves and the United States.

The services provided for harbour dues generally include: ensuring the safe and efficient movement of all traffic within a harbour by controlling navigation, directing vessels to anchorage, monitoring and controlling speed, monitoring pollution and the movement of dangerous goods, ensuring priority status for ferries, and providing navigation information.

Having listened to our friends from the Canadian Shippers' Council speak about the studies they have undertaken to prove that there are fluctuations in freight rates of 30 to 50 per cent, I must say that the Interested Carrier Working Group was in a position - discretely and individually - to take a view on every major shipper's cargo moving out of Canada at a certain time to see what the price trend had been over two years.