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Found 37 record(s)
Req # A-2022-10690
Records from January 1, 2017 to May 1, 2022, relating to live reptile importations destined for Ontario, including but not limited to emails, letters, notes, memorandums, reports, videos, photographs, phone logs and import and export records, including permits and health certificates. Statistics broken down by: year of import or export, number of individual animals imported or exported, species or lowest available taxonomic, the country of origin, the country from where consigned, country to which animals are exported, the animal source (wild-caught, captive-bred, ranched), and the purpose of importation or export such as commercial, zoo, or private collection.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023
Req # A-2022-10841
Briefing note: 22-00183 - Roxham Road, February 15, 2022.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023
Req # A-2022-12532
Briefing note: 19-01733 - Update on the National Immigration Detention Framework, June 24, 2019.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023
Req # A-2022-12645
Statistics for Montreal-Trudeau International (YUL), Toronto Pearson (YYZ), Vancouver International (YVR) airports from January 1, 2020 to June 8, 2022, broken down by month and airport providing: the number of people who left Canada, the number of people who entered Canada, the number of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) employees who were working on entries into Canada, the number of people who were issued lookouts or sent to secondary inspection. Additionally: for those issued lookouts or sent to secondary the top ten nationalities and their statuses in Canada along with the total numbers and percentages, the number and percentage of those lookouts or secondary inspections that ended up with a complete release, warnings, customs fines, item seizures, any other negative action not related to COVID-19 or any negative action related to COVID-19; plus for this group the top ten nationalities and their statuses in Canada along with the total numbers and percentages. Further, the number of people whose phones, laptops, or other digital devices were accessed by CBSA agents with permission versus accessed without permission by any kind of force, password cracking, versus refused access and the CBSA agent accepted the refusal. Finally, the number of people who had to stay in CBSA secondary inspection area or other custody for more than 1 hour, and the number of doctor, medical or ambulance calls, hospitalizations or deaths of persons in CBSA custody.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023
Req # A-2022-24120
Records in effect as of October 20, 2022, of communications from the Canada Border Services Agency to Canadian airlines instructing that temporary foreign workers who do not possess work permit approval letters must purchase round-trip airline tickets before boarding flights to Canada, even if they are from visa-exempt countries or have offers of employment.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023
Req # A-2022-24845
Records from January 1, 2019 to October 25, 2022, including policies, employee guidelines, and memos relating to the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) social media use. This includes documents explaining the purpose or scope of any social media monitoring activities, as well as information such as which social media sites are used by CBSA, as well as how they are used including sites monitored, and keywords monitored. This may include documents produced by privacy impact assessments related to social media monitoring activities.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023
Req # A-2022-25508
Records of the Job Flexibility Profiles for the following positions within the Canada Border Services Agency: FB02 Trusted Trader Officer; FB04 Senior Trusted Trader Officer; and FB04 Senior Officer Trade Compliance.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023
Req # A-2022-25782
Statistics from January 1, 2017 to October 31, 2022, on the number of work permit applications made at all the ports of Entry in Canada, both land and air. Broken down by each port of entry and further broken down by the: country of citizenship of the applicant, the type of the application, the result of the applications, and the reasons for the refusal, if applicable.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023
Req # A-2022-26361
Briefing note: 22-01350 - Funding for the 2022-2024 Immigration Levels Plan including Afghan Refugees, September 16, 2022.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023
Req # A-2022-27376
Statistics for a deferral of removal processed by the main deferrals unit of the Canada Border Services Agency from January 1, 2017 to November 21, 2022, broken down by the number of requests: received, processed, granted, and denied. Additionally, any records for separate regional deferral units, broken down in the same way.Organization: Canada Border Services Agency
January 2023