Thank you for that. Let me make a few comments about the warrant inventory.
The first comment I'd like to make and to be clear on is that we consider the warrant inventory to be a cornerstone mechanism for the effective management of our inland enforcement program, and in particular, removal, and we've been working to ensure that the policy framework around that inventory is modern and up to date.
For example, we have issued a policy framework setting out the requirements before an officer may issue a warrant. We've also established a fairly robust risk management framework to ensure that warrants are cancelled on an appropriate basis when there's no risk to the safety and security of Canadians. We continue to evaluate that policy framework.
In addition, we have been very fortunate, through the refugee reform initiative, to secure funding for our systems, and in particular, for our national case management system, which, several years ago, the Auditor General noted needed enhancements, also noting that we didn't have the resources at that time. So we're now beginning to see some of the benefits of the investment to enhance our system to manage the inventory.
Last and importantly—and of course this is by no means an exhaustive list of things that we're doing—the Beyond the Border action plan envisages an entry-exit system for Canada to work with the U.S., and then in the future with other countries, so that for the first time we'll be able to know who and which foreign nationals have left the country. We believe that this will be very helpful in terms of allowing us to ensure that our warrant inventory is the most up-to-date inventory possible. The number itself, I would say, sounds large and significant—and it is—but it is also, as I mentioned, a very effective enforcement tool that law enforcement across the country uses, because those warrants are in the CPIC inventory.
I appreciate your earlier comments. We and CSC are partners within the public safety portfolio. We have initiated discussions with CSC. They have more experience in the use of electronic monitoring than we do, having run the pilots, and they're open to sharing that information with us.
Lastly, I am very familiar with DRDC, having worked with that community before I joined the Border Services Agency, and it was interesting to hear Mr. Head talk about the possibility that the DRDC would help them in establishing their requirements for requests for proposals. It's an interesting idea that could be beneficial to CBSA.