Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not aware of the information that you just raised. I would be happy to follow up on this, and I would be happy to respond.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If that is the case, I will, indeed.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, respectfully, I don't know what your sources are. I understand that's information that's been shared with you. I do not have that information, so—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would have to do the analysis based on the information you just shared.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think what you're asking me is if we were to extend the safe third country agreement so it included in between the ports. Is that the question?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In answer to your question, I think it's important to understand that the safe third country agreement also has exemptions. You can come to a legitimate port of entry, and under one of several exemptions, make your claim there, and your claim will be heard. When I say will be hea

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I may, I would offer this. Under the Customs Act, you have to present to the nearest customs office, and Gilles is right in his characterization of it. For the purpose of an asylum claim, the manner in which you got to Canada is totally irrelevant. In the context of failed ref

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're talking, are we, about declaring the entire border a port?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. In addition to what I said earlier, the complexity around doing this is that while the minister has the authority to declare a customs area, he does not have the authority to expand the customs controlled area indefinitely. We would also need, if we did that, to be able

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We will, indeed, to the extent that we're not compromising operational [Inaudible-Editor].

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a question that brings with it a lot of complexity, beginning with the fact that you would have to deal with property rights. We don't own outright the entire lands along the border. You would have to consult with the International Boundary Commission. You would have to enga

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. My name is Jacques Cloutier and I’m the Vice-President of the Operations Branch at the Canada Border Services Agency. As this committee is aware, border security and integrity is a shared mandate between the Canada Border Services Agency and t

Public Safety committee  There is a distinction to be made here. You are speaking about people who do not show up for their interview with us, at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or the Immigration Refugee Board of Canada. These persons have already undergone security screening and are relea

Public Safety committee  With pleasure. Thank you for your question. I would just like to say at the outset that we have in no way reduced our security measures. The time frame that you referred to is for risk and threat assessment, a security process that takes place immediately after the screening do