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Req # A-2022-16098
Records from January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022, including; correspondence emails between employees of the Canada Border Services Agency, training manuals, memorandums, guidance to Border Services Officers, and records containing the term dual intent or dual intention.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
October 2022
Req # A-2022-16992
Annual statistics from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2021, on the total number of Section 44(1) Reports prepared, drafted, or written by the Canada Border Services Agency pursuant to section 44(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), asserting criminal inadmissibility under sections 36(1)(a), (b) and (c) of IRPA.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
October 2022
Req # A-2022-19629
Statistics from April 30, 2020 to September 2, 2022, on the amount spent by the Canada Border Services Agency on any reviews or ratings on the Apple app store or Google Play app store for the ArriveCan mobile app, broken-down by the amount by calendar year.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
October 2022
Req # A-2022-21419
Records of payments from July 1, 2021 to June 14, 2022, made under Claims against the Crown that the Canada Border Services Agency reports to Public Works for the Public Accounts of Canada reports, including information on the reason for the payment.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
October 2022
Req # A-2022-22247
Statistics from July 1 to August 31, 2019, and July 1 to August 31, 2022, on the number of people of French nationality who arrived in Canada by air via Trudeau International Airport (YUL) in Montreal.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
October 2022
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
Req # A-2020-11435
Statistics from January 1, 2010 to February 6, 2020, concerning all instances where a Nexus pass has been refused, or a renewal request was refused, including the date, reason, person's citizenship, place of refusal and whether the decision was made by Canadian or an American Official.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022