Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. The CBSA's mandate for detention, as you know, is set out in the IRPA. There are three grounds that allow CBSA to detain individuals: their identity is unknown; they represent a danger to Canada; or they represent a flight risk—in other words, they'r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can provide additional information to the committee on the number of cases involving security and detention.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have a very robust detention regime upon which we continue to build and refine, so we have a very sound legislative basis. We have the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which has recently updated their detention guidelines. They updated the 1999 guid

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely, the agency is quite active in assessing options for detention, including a range of alternatives. You have highlighted a number of important ones. The Toronto bail program is recognized globally as a best practice. Electronic monitoring has been used by the agency pri