Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) hears evidence on the foiled Toronto Terror Plot and Security Screening processes for immigration and citizenship, prompting questions about Gaza Reunification program.
Lawyers for Secure Immigration (L4SI) advocates for government measures that will protect and enhance the integrity and security of the immigration system, for a safer and stronger country, and will ensure the safety and security of all Canadians.
We reiterate our recommendation regarding the reunification of permanent residents and Canadian citizens from Gaza with their Canadian relatives, by having Canada allocate more resources to ensure a robust security and background verification process. As Gaza is controlled by designated terrorist organizations, our country must have all appropriate measures in place to prevent any members or supporters of terrorist organizations from entering Canada.
The testimony heard by the Committee today concerning security screening highlights the need for Canadian security specialists to interview individual applicants before they are allowed to embark for Canada, and again, a second time, by an officer with the Canada Border Services Agency, when they arrive at a port of entry in Canada, before being admitted to Canada.
We recommend that all interview records be kept and maintained for a not less than 25 years, with special attention to the answers provided by applicants to the following questions:
- Have you ever been a member of any designated terrorist organization at any time?
- Has any member of your family been a member of any designated terrorist organization at any time (father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother)?
- Have you ever provided funds to any designated terrorist organization or to a member of any designated terrorist organization at any time?
- Has any member of your family ever provided funds to or been a member of any designated terrorist organization at any time (father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother)?
- Have you ever provided accommodation, at any time, to a member of any designated terrorist organization?
- Has any member of your family ever provided accommodation to a member of any designated terrorist organization (father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother)?
- Have you ever harboured or watched over a non-combatant/civilian on behalf of any designated terrorist organization?
- Has any member of your family ever harboured or watched over a non-combatant/civilian on behalf of any designated terrorist organization (father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother)?
- Have you ever participated in, assisted in, or witnessed the kidnapping of a non-combatant/civilian on behalf of any designated terrorist organization at any time?
- Has any member of your family ever participated in, assisted in, or witnessed the kidnapping of a non-combatant/civilian on behalf of any designated terrorist organization at any time? (father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother)?
- Have you ever participated in or assisted in a rocket shelling attack at any time?
- Has any member of your family ever participated in or assisted in a rocket shelling attack (father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother)?
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