Finance committee  That is absolutely right. In fact the increase in reporting, we think, may be because of an increase in activities, but also it might be because we're much better aligned in our work with the enforcement agencies. We're much more responsive to their needs than we used to be in th

Finance committee  There are two things we do right now when it comes to the relationship we have with CRA. The first one is that if we see a report that may look suspicious, we have the capacity to disclose it to CRA if it meets two thresholds. The first one is money laundering and the second one,

Finance committee  They don't have a reciprocal obligation. What is happening now, as of January 1, 2015, is that CRA does receive the international fund transfer directly from the reporting entities.

Finance committee  CRA would have to report to the law enforcement agencies and national security agencies with which we work, so there is a continuum in terms of partnership. But it's difficult for CRA, unless they do specific analysis of international fund transfers, to see terrorism financing. C

Finance committee  No, not at all. In fact, FINTRAC has all the tools it needs to receive the information and to disclose the information it has to disclose. Bill C-51 has no bearing on our organization. We keep the authorities we have exactly.

Finance committee  We do not disclose to the Minister of Finance the operations of FINTRAC. We do not disclose names. We do not disclose amounts of money. We do disclose strategic papers in terms of trends, those kinds of issues, but we do not disclose—and that's specifically why the legislation

Finance committee  Since we see only transaction reports, we see of course who is transacting money but it is impossible just by looking at transactions to identify whether a transaction is illegitimate or legitimate. That's always a bit of the challenge we face when we're being asked if we track t

Finance committee  Absolutely. In fact FINTRAC, for instance, is a full member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, so we sit at the table when they identify their priorities and their operations.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, that's an issue that is outside the purview of my mandate, but I will just repeat that we in fact have at FINTRAC all the powers we need in order to receive and disclose the information that is relevant.

Finance committee  The closer we work with our partners, the better it is for the regime.

Finance committee  We receive 20 million reports in total. This not only includes international funds transfers, but all sorts of other reports.

Finance committee  I cannot confirm an amount. However, we could check that. I can tell you, however, that over the past few years, the number of transfers to Syria has almost fallen to zero. The amounts destined to Syria were minimal, by the way. Since we have 225 million reports in our database,

Finance committee  Yes, but they are, among others, transfers to humanitarian organizations, since humanitarian aid is indeed provided to Turkey.

Finance committee  Not necessarily. This may have been done at the strategic level, but for our part, we follow individual transfers, that is to say transactions between individuals or entities, if companies are involved. Consequently, the analysis grid is designed based on a certain number of fac

Finance committee  That is possible, but the transaction itself does not show that.