Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would be happy to.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. I would say at the outset that the agency takes very seriously the recommendations of the Auditor General, and we have developed management action plans to address all of those recommendations and observations of the Auditor General, including those in the a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I would say that overall Bill C-31 has a number of measures that may well deter individuals from coming to Canada, but I would like to point out and try to underline that detention is not intended and is not designed at all to be a deterrent. The purpose for a detention, w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Operationally speaking, when a vessel arrives with several hundred individuals aboard, the first concern is health and safety. To ensure that the passengers are not suffering from some kind of communicable disease, the health issue is addressed. That's the first step. The second

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, certainly. All of the 76 migrants from the Ocean Lady have been released on terms and conditions, and they're complying with those terms and conditions. Of the 492 who arrived on the Sun Sea, currently six individuals remain in detention. The others have been released on ter

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Under the current system, the minister's delegate, who is a CBSA hearings officer, makes representations and argues on a case-by-case basis whether detention should be continued because the identity hasn't been confirmed, whether there is concern about danger to the public, or wh

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can say that, in the experience of the Ocean Lady and the Sun Sea, there have been instances where the minister's delegate has not been satisfied that the identity of the individual has been determined and nevertheless, despite that situation, a decision has been made by a memb

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They are complying with their terms and conditions, and their whereabouts are well known in the country. Most of them tend to be located in the Toronto region.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Are you speaking generally?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  CBSA has a very good track record in terms of arguing successfully for detention on a case-by-case basis, but the detention review requires that seven days, and 30 days, and then every 30 days thereafter, it demonstrates that reasonable activities are being taken by the agency to

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The CBSA administers three detention centres. The one in Vancouver is at the Vancouver airport. It's very short-term and there are 24 beds for less than 72 hours' use. In Toronto, the immigration holding centre has a capacity of about 220 beds. In Montreal and Laval, we have a ho

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have capacity for 400 to 500, so we have sufficient capacity to manage that caseload. When they're in a provincial prison, they are held under terms and conditions that respect international norms for immigration detention. So it's important to point out that they're housed in

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly we do and we monitor costs very closely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The daily cost averages between $200 and $230 a day. Those costs actually are rising. We're seeing an increase in costs. In particular, under our arrangements with the provinces, the costs are gradually rising now to a point of about $230 per day.