Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's Desruisseaux.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, the budget that's been allocated for this initiative is $174 million over five years.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have those statistics. We have a few statistics. I don't have them with me right now, but we could send them to the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I saw the reports on a few cases. The emphasis was not on how many, but their importance. In some cases, we're talking about dangerous criminals and, in others, systematic and repeated fraud. So it's sort of like doing a background check. Regardless, we will see what statistics a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Exactly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The rules for the retention of biometrics will be determined through the regulations. What is now being considered is retaining the information for a period of 15 years or until citizenship is gained. That is the plan.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It will be specified through the regulations.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The biometrics will be collected for immigration and border management purposes. Beyond that fact, the biometrics information will be shared with CIC and the CBSA. As Les Linklater mentioned, it will be stored by the RCMP and the information will be used for law enforcement as we

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is one that was done already with regard to the services that will be contracted to the VACs. There will be others coming, which we hope are going to be public.