Citizenship and Immigration committee  We've laid three charges. We have two cases where the charges have been successful, and one case is still before the courts. These are complex cases, there's no question about that, and they're time-consuming. It often takes up to a year or more to successfully conclude a case.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would likely find out about that kind of activity through various means. We might find out from our own migration integrity officers who are abroad. There may be information that Citizenship and Immigration Canada provides to us as a result of their presence overseas, for exam

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right. When it comes to questions of unethical or unprofessional conduct, that would be the society's responsibility, the governing body. When it's a question of an illegal activity, that would be the responsibility of either the CBSA or the RCMP, or both, depending on the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I invite my colleague Mr. Israelstam to comment.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have a number of different cases. Perhaps—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  A ballpark figure again is difficult for me to say. I'd be happy to provide you and the committee with further information. I can tell you that we have about 36 active cases under investigation right now that involve misrepresentation, counselling misrepresentation, or acting a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My understanding is that the agency will be required to deliver the enforcement within existing resources. So that's what we will do. We are treating this as a greater priority among our overall enforcement priorities to meet the priorities of the government. As a matter of pract

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. What I can say is that our statistics and the way we track them have evolved since 2008, the last time a representative of the agency was here. At that time we were only tracking cases with respect to the type of offence, and we weren't tracking whether it

Citizenship and Immigration committee  --but I can give you a feel for the number of cases and the budget. I can say, roughly speaking, that the agency has a budget of about $19 million annually for its criminal investigations. Now, that covers all criminal investigations with respect to Customs Act enforcement, IRP

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I thank the committee for the opportunity to appear today to discuss CBSA's role in relation to Bill C-35. Since 2006 the CBSA and the RCMP have developed a complementary approach in relation to immigration offences. The CBSA is the lead agency for investigating most offences u

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Currently, we detain about 20% of individuals prior to removal. We anticipate that there would be a commensurate percentage, at 20%, but there would be no increase beyond the current rate that we're experiencing today under the existing system.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Based on....

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Based on the planning, that's exactly one of the main objectives.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We currently remove approximately 9,000 failed refugee claimants on an annual basis, and that number has been fairly stable over the last five years. Under the new proposed system, based on the calculations from Citizenship and Immigration, we're anticipating a requirement to rem

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The backlog is substantial. The funding that is proposed to specifically address the backlog is provided over three years, and that would help to reduce the backlog, but it would not eliminate the backlog. So we're looking forward to the three-year evaluation, the evaluation of t