Mr. Mike MacDonald at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

February 26th, 2014 / 4:15 p.m.

Director General, Operational Management and Coordination, Department of Citizenship and Immigration

I think the fundamental difference with sanctions, and DFAIT is the expert on this, so they can let me know if I misspeak.

Sanctions oftentimes are regimes that are taken by order in council, so the regulations are published. They're a public process. The travel limitations are an operational effort that departments, CIC and security partners and the CBSA undertake at an operational level. They are not public events.

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