Information & Ethics committee  I honestly wouldn't be able to speak to that. My understanding is that parliamentarians have visited the area, but on the specifics of what they saw and had access to, I would have to defer to the RCMP.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll say a couple of things just to clarify. Over 100 people a day cross at Roxham Road; it's not 300 to 400. I just wanted to give that figure. The STCA, the Safe Third Country Agreement, applies at ports of entry. Those crossing irregularly between points of entry are the resp

Information & Ethics committee  We have to accept those who cross irregularly. We have no legal authority to direct them back. They have a right to make a claim, and the process that my colleague Mr. Moor described in terms of the flowthrough allows us to assess their eligibility to make a claim to the Immigrat

Information & Ethics committee  It is absolutely a massive preoccupation for me and my colleagues, and that is why we're putting every effort to—

Information & Ethics committee  I would defer to my colleagues on what applies in that case. What we can speak to is what we're bound to do legally, dealing with the numbers that were crossing, those high volumes, and assessing them for possible national security risks or other elements of inadmissibility, whic

Information & Ethics committee  That's true. The RCMP receive them, do an assessment on criminality and do security checks and then bring them to us for further processing.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. Thank you. When we process access to information requests along the lines laid out by my colleague, we look at all of the different exceptions under the Access to Information Act. In this case, with access to information requests related to Roxham Road, we consult with PSPC