Mr. Anthony Ashley at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On February 14th, 2012. See this statement in context.

February 14th, 2012 / 3:35 p.m.

Director General, Defence Research and Development Canada - Centre for Security Science, Department of National Defence

I can't really answer that question. To be honest with you, we haven't done the survey. The deployment of these devices and their use on a daily basis is not part of our responsibilities. I think Corrections Canada is probably the best route to answer that question.

I would be surprised if biometrics was being used. I believe some of the provinces are using some of the other technologies, but our knowledge on that is very limited at this point in time.

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