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 well—and there are real benefits to that check if there are any known criminals who would try to enter Canada—and also to facilitate travel.
In some cases, the information can be used to collect additional data with respect to information that has been collected at crime scenes, which may also support the work of law enforcement agents when it comes to victim identification. So there are several possible uses in this area.
There are very strong privacy safeguards that will be developed. CIC has been working very closely with the Privacy Commissioner and her office. Canada has among the most robust rules in this area, and it is certainly the intent to pay a lot of attention to that dimension.