It is very important for us as a government to identify people prior to allowing them into Canadian society. I think it makes sense to do that before allowing people who are potential risks to the safety and security of our families, children, businesses and communities to walk our streets. That's why we have a detention process, so we can identify them.
Once we know who people are, certainly they're not in detention centres. Once we identify them, they get into the stream of being allowed into the country. Not knowing who they are is a risk for us.
I want to ask Ms. Jeanes my next question. It specifically has to do with biometrics, which has been described to us by the highest law enforcement agencies in our country, CSIS, the RCMP, CBSA, as being a 21st century identification tool. It's an additional tool that our officers will have in attempting to identify non-identified people. What do you think about biometrics?