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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
Req # A-2021-09764
Records from January 1, 2019 and May 10, 2021, of all Professional Standards Investigation reports for all substantiated misconduct claims. This includes cover sheets, cover letters, appendices, memoranda, or other attachments to all reports.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022
Req # A-2021-13716
Statistics from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020, on the total number of persons removed from Canada annually, broken down by destination country, and on the total number of refugee claimants or former refugee claimants removed from Canada, broken down by destination country. For this same time period, statistics on the total number of people removed from Canada through any Assisted Voluntary Returns Pilot Programs broken down by destination country. Additionally, the operational manual related to the collection and recording of data on removals from Canada including any document outlining definitions of data variables, methods of data collection, or operational aspects of data collection.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022
Req # A-2021-14577
Electronic records concerning an email dated January 8th, 2021, from Director Joe McMahon to Tania Nabico stating that he had received permission from the Regional Director General (RDG) Christine Durocher to add three Superintendent positions to his organization chart. The business case rationale submitted when requesting such additional positions, any records documenting the review and ultimate approval of that business case, and any emails, texts, or documents Joe McMahon or Christine Durocher have concerning his request for additional positions at the Ambassador Bridge.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022
Req # A-2021-17611
Records from July 1, 2018 to September 1, 2021, concerning the Canada Border Services Agency’s protocols for interception or seizure of the psychedelic drug five-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT), including, but not limited to, agency protocols for training related to the seizure of 5-MeO-DMT, search, notification, testing, storage, destruction, return or forfeiture.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022
Req # A-2021-20959
Electronic records of the financial cost to the Canada Border Services Agency of airplane tickets for the purposes of the removal from Canada of persons to another country by charter flight broken down per annum, and by destination countries. This excludes records that require consultations with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or the Department of Justice.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
April 2022