If that individual were under CSIS or RCMP surveillance, that would continue. By no means would they pass surveillance to the CBSA.
Maybe I should go more deeply into the kinds of authorities CBSA does and doesn't have when it comes to the exit of individuals from Canada.
At the moment, the Customs Act does not confer peace officer powers to Canada Border Service officers. That's because the wording of the Customs Act does confer peace officer powers whenever BSOs are operating within their normal duties at a customs office.
Our legal advice is that conducting exit controls does not fall within the definition of the normal duties of a border services officer, because the Customs Act does not confer any authority on CBSA officers with regard to travellers leaving Canada. We have certain specific powers to conduct exit controls on strategic exports and currency, but not people.
Also, the Customs Act is quite explicit that border services officers may not use the powers conferred on them under the Customs Act for the sole purpose of looking for evidence of a criminal offence. That is spelled out in so many words in subsection 163.5(4) of the Customs Act.
For CBSA to intervene in a more active fashion, when it is known to the security intelligence community in advance that someone is intending to leave Canada for a terrorist purpose, would require amending the Customs Act and possibly IRPA. A more active fashion would include, for example, having powers to arrest or to search.
What we can do is provide information to our security partners in the same way we provide it at the present time. In other words, we can provide supporting information that is already in our possession, such as the travel history of an individual we receive an inquiry about. Or we can provide information about the immediate whereabouts of a target, if we are aware of him or her. Also, on request, we issue lookouts on targets and persons of interest to our security partner agencies.
Moving a bit further down the timeline, we're also responsible for removals. Whenever someone is found inadmissible to Canada because of his or her association—