Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ms. Lynch. I am glad that you are here today to talk to us about profiling. I will admit that, last week, I was rather taken by surprise when one of the people in charge of Israeli security appeared before us. He openly told us that they do profiling based on body language and on behaviour. He said that they feel that scanners are useless. That is the message he delivered to us. We see the full-body scanner as one of the options available to individuals. They can choose between the body scanner or a physical search. Israelis operate in a way that's completely different from ours, and their country probably has the best airport security system in the world.
When you talk about profiling, you say that, if it is done, it must be done within the rules. There must be evidence to support this course of action. Profiling must be based on needs, evidence and tangible information, and its effectiveness must be monitored. Israelis worry about explosives, and they have not come across a method superior to that of using sniffer dogs. That is the reality of the situation. They target individuals through behavioural profiling. Once someone has been targeted, the security process is continued using officers, dogs, etc. That is the most effective method.
Is there even the remotest possibility of setting up such a system in Canada?