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Found 34 record(s)
Req # ZA-2023-09205
Records from September 1, 2023 to January 26, 2024 regarding all correspondence for requests of legal assistance sent to President Erin O'Gorman from Minh Doan. Including all emails, attachments, including any communications from the office of the PresidentOrganization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2024
Req # ZA-2023-10666
Records from January 1, 22 to June 30, 2023 regarding departmental data and/or reports on the internal use of any and all artificial intelligence and/or machine learning tools. include information about tools that fit this description even if no algorithmic impact assessment was completed by the department.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2024
Req # ZA-2023-12072
Records from March 1 , 2024 regarding the list of all immigration detainees in detention disaggregated by location of detention, length of detention in days and grounds for detention. Specifically, name of actual facility, not just the city/province.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2024
Req # ZA-2023-12532
Records from January 1, 2021 to March 12, 2024 regarding the total number of individuals who were deported from Canada to their country of origin.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2024
Req # A-2019-16382
Phase 2 of A-2019-08121, records from February 15 to May 6, 2019, containing 13 emails from or to Kathy Thompson, excluding records requiring consultation with the Privy Council Office and Department of Justice. This includes the following email topics: Border Services Officers of the Future, debrief from Australia meetings; Litigation Management Committee Meeting; Ramadan Tips Bil.docx; Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) versus the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, regarding consultants; Enforcement and intelligence priorities; Summary of the material privacy breach involving Apollo; Undocumented workers; CBSA draft policy on at-border examinations of travellers' digital devices; Arkansas-Best Freight System Incorporated returns and removals statistics; and briefing on undocumented workers.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2023
Req # A-2022-07796
Briefing note: 22-00207 - Policy Options potential grounds for inadmissibility relating to membership in an organization, February 14, 2022.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2023
Req # A-2017-14914
Records regarding the facial recognition or facial biometric systems used in the Primary Inspection Kiosk (PIK) and Nexus machines. Specifically, records of the types of the hardware and software used in the PIK machines particularly the camera systems and software used in facial biometrics. Also, the methods used for facial recognition which may include, but not be limited to: facial features analyzed and determining if the camera sees a live person or picture on a piece of paper or on a digital screen. Additionally, records regarding use of two dimensional or three dimensional analyses when determining if a live image matches a photo stored on file and any research or analyses completed on the PIK machines in regards to the effectiveness; specifically accuracies, rates of false positives, and rates of false negatives. This excludes any Cabinet Confidences and is limited to final records.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022
Req # A-2018-19262
Records from January 1 to November 1, 2018, including memorandums, briefing notes, prepared for the President or the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness relating to planning for the influx of asylum claimants.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022
Req # A-2019-06719
Records from November 15, 2017 to April 12, 2019, of briefing notes, minutes and correspondence regarding the ongoing discussions with the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne on the potential installation of an unmanned customs station or alternative reporting station on Cornwall Island.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022
Req # A-2019-17409
Briefing notes: 19-01835 - Proposed Pilot Projects with United States - Customs and Border Protection; 19-01733 - Update on the National Immigration Detention Framework; 19-01531 - Donning a duty firearm within an Immigration Holding Centre.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022