Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, I don't really want to speak to biometrics because it's not my area of expertise. I'll say a couple of things, though, because I've been asked a question twice now, so I understand from the committee that there is interest in this issue. The first thing I'll say is that I

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In my experience as a lawyer representing individuals, the vast majority of people whom I've represented have been detained for identity purposes. I understand the logic behind that and I wouldn't argue with the logic behind it. However, sometimes I would argue with the way in wh

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. Thank you very much. This actually continues on with the questions from Mr. Opitz that I didn't get to finish my answer to, which is that, in fact, as you, Mr. Chisholm, have referred to, it is possible to identify individuals who are of concern and who are not of concern.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I didn't quite understand the question. Are you talking about people who would belong to one of these tier III organizations but who ran afoul of the other provisions?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Until 2008 Nelson Mandela required a specific waiver to go to the United States. It was an absurd situation. We had precisely the same situation in Canada. In fact, I think Minister Kenney spoke to this issue quite recently, and Mr. Cotler introduced a motion in Parliament to c

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My expertise is not in biometrics, and that's not what I'm here today to talk about.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do know that photographs [Inaudible--Editor]

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not going to comment on the biometric issue. Again, that's not why I'm appearing today. It's not my focus. It's not the focus of my legal practice; it's not the focus of my doctoral work.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can tell you that in many inadmissibility hearings I've had with CBSA officers, that has not been a topic of conversation. I think everybody acknowledges—the board charged with making the decision, the minister's counsel in charge of prosecuting the decision, and the defence—th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I couldn't hear the end of your question, but I did hear the beginning of it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll answer the second question first. No, that would be an extreme outlier of a decision. My answer to the first part would be a question for you, as to whether or not you believe in the presumption of innocence. If you do, you need to have a process to actually test whether a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Can you hear me?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. Thank you, members of the committee, for inviting me today. I'm honoured to take part in the conversation you are having, which is an important one. In the context of your discussion on security in Canada's immigration system, I want to address the specific issue of how

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can hear you fine. Can you hear me?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct, sir.