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Citizenship and Immigration committee It's Desruisseaux.
November 20th, 2012Committee meeting
Alain Desruisseaux
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes, the budget that's been allocated for this initiative is $174 million over five years.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Alain Desruisseaux
Citizenship and Immigration committee I don't have those statistics. We have a few statistics. I don't have them with me right now, but we could send them to the committee.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Alain Desruisseaux
Citizenship and Immigration committee I saw the reports on a few cases. The emphasis was not on how many, but their importance. In some cases, we're talking about dangerous criminals and, in others, systematic and repeated fraud. So it's sort of like doing a background check. Regardless, we will see what statistics a
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Alain Desruisseaux
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Alain Desruisseaux
Citizenship and Immigration committee The rules for the retention of biometrics will be determined through the regulations. What is now being considered is retaining the information for a period of 15 years or until citizenship is gained. That is the plan.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Alain Desruisseaux
Citizenship and Immigration committee It will be specified through the regulations.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Alain Desruisseaux
Citizenship and Immigration committee The biometrics will be collected for immigration and border management purposes. Beyond that fact, the biometrics information will be shared with CIC and the CBSA. As Les Linklater mentioned, it will be stored by the RCMP and the information will be used for law enforcement as we
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Alain Desruisseaux
Citizenship and Immigration committee There is one that was done already with regard to the services that will be contracted to the VACs. There will be others coming, which we hope are going to be public.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Alain Desruisseaux