Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, it would very much depend on the nature of the complaint and the elements involved in the complaint, from a privacy perspective. Depending on what the process is, I would be happy to look at what we may have. I am not aware of anything formally lodged within the organi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let us assume that we were to do exactly what you suggest and declare the entire border a port of entry. Upon crossing the border, they would then be in a customs controlled area, and they would then still have the obligation to present to an officer, both for customs and, if the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I may, I would offer this. If you were to declare the southern border a port of entry, there would be no role for the RCMP at that point. In terms of assessing the number of people required in order to navigate that, I couldn't begin to ascertain what that number would look li

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm in no position to assess this. Across the country, land borders probably receive in the neighbourhood of 60 million travellers a year, so in the sense of everybody going to a port, you would have to be able to replicate that level of service across—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you mean under the current model?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Entry into any country is governed by the decisions of that country. IRCC establishes the requirements to enter into our country. From our perspective, it is an issue of customs. We would have to be able to screen people and not bring into Canada goods that represent a risk to

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am very much under the understanding that any committee has the full right to call the witnesses it would like to bring forward, and I would certainly not stand in the way of honouring those wishes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will certainly go back and look at whether we have received such complaints, formal or informal. And yes, that being the case, I would certainly be in a position to indicate to you how many.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sorry, I'm surprised. I was under the understanding that all of those numbers had been provided to the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't break it down right now by those two categories, but I can certainly get back to you with a full answer on this.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Indeed, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Over the past two years? That number would be very small, if it exists. I'll table an answer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Any member of Parliament can have any conversation with officers of the agency or, indeed, public servants. We would never prevent an interaction such as the one you described.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The directive that was issued is, in fact, a reminder that all public servants are to use media relation officers and media officers in each of the departments for official communications that reflect the policy of the department in support of the government.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely.