Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the witnesses for being with us this evening. I think that this is the last time I will address them today.
Ms. Termorshuizen, you alluded to the Syrian crisis in 2015. During that crisis, Canada Border Services Agency officers collected the biometric data of Syrians arriving on Canadian soil. Through their union, the officers confirmed that this was indeed the case.
Why did we allow the collection of biometrics from Syrians on Canadian soil during the 2015 crisis, and not from Afghans during the 2021 crisis, or even from Ukrainians during the 2022 crisis?
What is the basis for this disparity?