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Req # A-2023-01142
Records from January 1 to 4, 2023, including reports, placemats and briefing notes prepared or received by the Canada Border Services Agency Intelligence and Enforcement Branch.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
4 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2023-08125
Statistics from January 1, 2013 to February 13, 2022, on the number of applications for cessation of refugee protection per s. 108(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, that were and were not referred to the Refugee Protection Division by the Canada Border Services Agency, disaggregated by year.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
2 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2023-16647
Statistics from March 30, 2013 to March 30, 2023, relating to the application of sections 160(2) and 166 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. Specifically, the number of Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) applications that were offered and received under these sections and the following ports of entry: land ports, air ports, and marine ports. In addition, the percentage of applications that were considered while the applicants were abroad with the acceptance rate of these. Also, the steps taken by offices of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) when receiving a PRRA application under these sections including protocols, guides, instructions. Finally, the steps taken by CBSA officers including protocols, guides, instructions regarding the event that an applicant was deported before a decision is made on his PRRA application under these same sections.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
2 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2023-16832
Records from January 1 to 31, 2023, regarding the number of complaints to the Immigration Holding Centre officers from Laval, Surrey and Toronto per year, type of complaint and center. Additionally, the number of complaints resulting in disciplinary action broken down by year and centre.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
4 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2023-17433
Records from January 19, 2022, regarding the investigation of the dumping and subsidizing of container chassis originating in or exported from China. Additionally, records from February 3, 2022, regarding the requests for information (RFI) sent by Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) to all known producers of container chassis in Mexico, Turkey and the United-States (US). Including the list of companies that received surrogate RFI’s in Mexico, Turkey and US, the replies from the container chassis producers and the information provided by the importers regarding the resales in Canada.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
1 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2023-24346
Statistics form January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2022, regarding the number of illegal firearms that were confiscated while being imported from the United-States into Canada.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
1 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2023-26977
Statistics from January 1, 2021 to April 30, 2023, regarding the number of people deemed ineligible for refugee determination under the Immigration and Refugee Board.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
1 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2023-27564
All records from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2023, regarding the discretion of the Canada Border Services Agency and the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) to prevent someone from being detained or released from detention. Broken down by: the number of cases considered for Alternatives to Detention Program (ATD), disaggregated by Fiscal Year (FY). Additionally, the total number of people enrolled in an ATD disaggregated by FY, the amount of people in each ATD program and disaggregated them by country of origin and ethnicity. The number of cases where an ATD was denied or rejected disaggregated by FY in each ATD program with the country of origin and ethnicity. Finally, the list of grounds to deny an ATD and the number of cases where each ground was used disaggregated by FY and the grounds for the denial of ATD in each FY disaggregated by country or origin and ethnicity.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
19 page(s)
June 2023
June 2023
Req # A-2021-11970
Records including emails, presentations, notes, and correspondence related to the Manager, Enforcement and Intelligence Operations (FB06) Job Description issued from January 1 to December 31, 2019 with an effective date from June 1 to December 31, 2014. Records include Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's), FAQ drafts, Classification committee reports, drafts and final presentations, draft and finalized job description records, any and all records related to the back dating or effective date of June 1 to 30, 2014 including email correspondence related to this. This includes records held by the management of the Human Resources Branch including those held by Carl Desmarais, Tracy Annett, Michelle Veraldi, Amanda Paradis and Melodie Boucher related to this topic.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
2651 page(s)
May 2023
May 2023
Req # A-2021-23263
Records from August 1 to November 14, 2021 of all correspondence including emails and letters including attachments on all subjects sent and received by: John Ossowski President of the Canada Border Services Agency to or from: Nathalie Drouin Secretary Clerk Privy Council Office (PCO), Janice Charette Clerk of the PCO, François Daigle Deputy Minister Justice, Shalene Curtis-Micallef Associate Deputy Minister Justice, Rob Stewart Public Safety, Stephen Lucas Deputy Minister Health, Michael Keenan Deputy Minister of Transport, David Vigneault Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Brenda Lucki Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Daniel Vigneault of CSIS including his counterpart Deputy Directors and Deputy Directors and assistants, Isabelle Mondou Deputy Minister Canadian Heritage, Daniel Therrien the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Shelly Bruce Head of the Center of Telecommunications, Bill Matthews Public Service Procurement Canada (PSPC) and Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), Deputy Minister Arianne Reza of PWGSC/PSPC, Associate Deputy Minister, Jody Thomas Deputy Minister of the Department of National Defence (DND), Nancy Chahwan Associate Minister DND, Catrina Tapley Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Caroline Xavier Deputy Minister of IRCC, Scott Jones Associate Deputy Minister of IRCC, Geneviève Guilbault Quebec Minister of Public Security, Dominique Savoie Quebec Deputy Minister of Public Security, and François Legault Premier of Quebec.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
239 page(s)
May 2023
May 2023