Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think your question underlines our point. I believe if we had more effective intelligence, if we were more effectively pre-screening before people landed in Canada, we would have far less of a problem or far less of a concern with respect to the respective rights of individuals

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The critical question isn't time; the critical question is information. That is to say, on what basis do you review your five minutes? If you have a complete or a reasonably complete file that has been vetted by someone who understands the nature of the file itself—and that would

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will defer to Mr. Singh.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As a quick addition to that, I think biometrics is something we need to look at very clearly. But I think we're at an interim step. Ultimately the biometric that will define activities and travel in the world is probably going to be DNA-based, but until we get to that time, we

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think within that 1% you'll find a range of people, from those who just don't like us very much, to people who can present a very serious danger. Regrettably, historically, Canada has experienced elements of both of those extremes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Opitz. There's a lot. The biggest threat is the one we've defined as our point of departure. That, of course, is the fact that the rate of change that is continually accelerating, which affects us in every possible dimension of national activity, is far outpacing

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and honourable members. My colleague, Mr. Platsis, and I would like to thank you for inviting us to testify today regarding this important issue. We serve as program directors for the Centre of Excellence in Security, Resilience, and Intelligenc