Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, in terms of the projects we looked at, we picked our timeframe for the audit and we went back to determine what had been funded out of the international humanitarian assistance envelope, and these were the broad areas that the government funded. These were the crises t

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. The fiduciary risk evaluation tool is an initial tool to make sure that the partner that the department is going to be working with is stable and has a reliable history both financially and regarding delivery. As well, regarding the minimum requirements to be consider

Public Accounts committee  In fact, we did not deal with the issue of protecting information in our report.

Public Accounts committee  We didn't see where the two were being matched, but I will ask Mr. Swales to give you more of the details on that, the specifics.

Public Accounts committee  You're speaking about the issuing of firearms to border services officers.

Public Accounts committee  We haven't looked at that recently, no. I can't speak to that right now.

Public Accounts committee  What we were looking for was how it was integrated into determining where activity for illegal entry between ports of entry was matched to available resources to put towards apprehending individuals, where it was known that people were trying to cross the border.

Public Accounts committee  Where we were looking was at information that showed us how the distribution of resources was matched to known information about activity at the border.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, the advance notifications that we looked at in paragraph 5.35 were for one month. I don't have the number for the whole year, but I could inquire and get back to you on that.

Public Accounts committee  In February 2013.

Public Accounts committee  Possibly.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, it's an interesting question about whether we are able to keep up with the technology. The area we looked at was certainly to ask how much we know about how we're improving and what areas need to be strengthened. For example, if there are serious weaknesses in the info

Public Accounts committee  I really couldn't answer about our relationship with the international bodies. Certainly we were just looking at what information we get and how accurate it is.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. To answer quickly, I would point out in paragraph 5.20, where the airlines submit information and CBSA can hold them responsible or not responsible for individuals who have arrived and who are not admissible. In some cases the airlines are fined for that.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, in this case, we looked only at the controls that are in place at the border, so really, I can only speak to those five that we list in paragraph 5.17 for CBSA and then the ones that we looked at for the RCMP.