Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, the 10 years is the validity period that countries were using the most, but also, having the ePassport was very important, because with the ePassport right now Canadians can benefit from their passport when they're travelling because they don't need any.... We are one of th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thanks for your question. The ePassport started to be available to Canadians in February 2012. As of July 1 last summer, on Canada Day, five-year and 10-year ePassports were made available to all Canadians. Since then, we've issued more than a million 10-year ePassports. I can

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We'll soon be reaching 70%.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.