No, we're not there on behalf of any government. We're a non-governmental organization, but for many years we have been visiting the holding centres in Montreal, and not just the one in Laval but the previous incarnations as well. We have a formal agreement with the Canada Border Services Agency that dictates what our access is and what our role is. Although we're not the UNHCR and we're not the Red Cross, we do play an essential role. We're there every week, whereas those organizations that have an official mandate with the government go far less often, several times per year.
On October 15th, 2012. See this statement in context.