Public Safety committee  No. No, what I'm trying to say is that there are two criteria that trigger mandatory detention under Bill C-4: the arrival of numbers that overwhelm CBSA's capacity to conduct the necessary examinations to determine identity or to determine admissibility, or the arrival being a

Public Safety committee  —and then they are subject to mandatory detention for a period of 12 months after a negative determination by the IRB.

Public Safety committee  Or if they're determined by the IRB to be refugees, they'll be released from detention.

Public Safety committee  Well, let me say that the general practice for detention is that, on average, the individuals are in detention for about 17 days.

Public Safety committee  Under Bill C-4, for a very specific group of individuals who arrive, could be in detention for up to a year or until their refugee claim is determined by the IRB, whichever is sooner. Under the bill that has been released today, the expectation is that a refugee determination wil

Public Safety committee  I'd be happy to explain that. The working inventory essentially is the group of cases who have basically exhausted all of their recourse mechanisms before they are removal-ready. For example, before an individual is removed from Canada, because we are a signatory to the 1951 con

Public Safety committee  Yes. We—

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  Exactly.

Public Safety committee  We removed 15,500 last year and over 15,000 the year before. Those are our highest levels ever.

Public Safety committee  The 15,000 were the successful removals. We have 17,000 on a yearly basis in our working inventory.

Public Safety committee  That's right. The agency is fairly effective in terms of removing those whose obstacles have been overcome. We continue to work to achieve greater efficiencies in that regard.

Public Safety committee  Yes, we do.

Public Safety committee  It certainly is a plausible scenario. Currently, if an individual is determined to be a flight risk, if we believe they're not going to show up for removal, then we would argue in front of the IRB to maintain detention so that the person is available for removal.

Public Safety committee  Yes, we would.