Citizenship and Immigration committee  —that the Minister of Public Safety would designate? If there's a suspicion that the arrival has been undertaken in association with human smuggling for profit and in association with organized crime or terrorism—that very specific measure is designed to deal with that population.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On the initiative that my colleague has just described with Ontario, the CBSA is a partner with CIC in that effort. So that is a priority for the agency as well. We have warrants for arrest for individuals who have absconded. In other words, they have not shown up for an immigration process.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe the current arrangement is a kind of case-by-case approach. We can obtain the information. We may not be able to obtain it as quickly as we would like if we had a systematic exchange. So we're working—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We'll collect biometric data through the entry/exit program when they leave the country. We'll be able to confirm whether they have left the country or not. Twenty percent of that figure is a significant number. It means that the CBSA can then devote its resources to more focused priority areas for law enforcement.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do believe it will.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I strongly believe that. I believe that the entry/exit program that's being piloted will strengthen national security and law enforcement. My colleague has mentioned examples. It will help to track the fact that removals have been confirmed. It will allow us to track whether there are overstays.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Indeed. The entry/exit program is set up so that the entry information for one country becomes the exit information for the other country at the land border. This program will enhance our ability to track the movement of individuals who cross our borders, to confirm who is coming and whether they're legitimate, and to prevent the system from being abused by those who are conducting illegal business or who are otherwise trying to abuse our systems.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Indeed, we believe it will. It will allow us to manage and mitigate risks as far away from our geographic borders as possible and prevent inadmissible people from entering Canadian territory.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. Just to follow what Les said, under the MOU a very robust initiative is under way to establish joint dashboards for senior management and management at all levels to track the performance of the programs, to track the indicators of program performance, and to feed that reporting into management decisions on future strategies, whether it's for legislative change, policy improvements, or program improvements.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  A lot has been done.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely, that undertaking was made last time, and I know that written documentation is being prepared and will be submitted.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can confirm that there is such training. Our national case management systems are being improved and updated, and these are the kinds of adjustments and improvements that are being made to ensure that very complex names based on different cultures are factored into the way data is collected.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Indeed, we have undertaken a number of assessments in the past, and we are currently quite active in terms of assessing options for detention. We exchange information with our five-country conference partners—Australia, the U.K., the U.S., and New Zealand—to be familiar with the kinds of approaches they're using.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We haven't formally undertaken a study that's aimed at that. We're working quite closely with our Correctional Services of Canada portfolio partners, looking at a government solution or government options to advance our detention practices.