Citizenship and Immigration committee  We don't at the moment because the program hasn't been set up yet.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It has.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will do that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, that was a lack of consistency in initial...?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's not my particular area of expertise. One of my colleagues was here on Tuesday, Mr. Peter Hill, and that was his area of expertise. I'll just respond on his behalf by saying that I can't specifically address what's been done since 2003, but I'm confident that appropriate m

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. It's initially a CBSA officer's decision. It's reviewed, as you know, by the IRB within 48 hours, within seven days, and then every 30 days after that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd prefer not to venture outside my own particular area of expertise.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think any of us are aware of whether that decision has been made, but that would be a decision for Citizenship and Immigration.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd like to assure you that our analysts are also culturally aware, and are aware that in some cultures it's perfectly acceptable, for example, to reverse names. But let me add to what my colleagues have said. The fact is that the name alone is only one element that is checked

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, I'll say we're confident we're doing everything that can be done to ensure we're searching the correct name.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We believe biometrics will be a great help in establishing definitive identity.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Thank you for that question, Mr. Davies. We've prepared a comprehensive response to the recommendations coming out of the OAG's “Issuing Visas” report. There were four recommendations that touched on CBSA. The first one was that we should complete and update reference inf

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Maybe I'll go first. It's an excellent question, and the problem of transliteration of foreign names—names originally written in foreign alphabets—is a very serious one and a very difficult one that all organizations such as ours have to grapple with. I'm sure I can speak for

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My colleague, Ms. Reza, is going to answer that question.