Report says poor data quality and weak case management at the Canada Border Services Agency resulted in 'avoidable delays' for thousands of deportation cases
In this Aug. 7, 2017, file photo, an RCMP officer informs a migrant couple of the location of a legal border station, shortly before they illegally crossed from Champlain, N.Y., to Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., using Roxham Road.Canada’s border agency failed to promptly deport the majority of people ordered to leave the country and lost track of more than 34,000 people, including criminals, facing removal orders, the federal Auditor-General says.
The report recommended the CBSA improve its data and case management practices by checking the accuracy of its removal inventory database and establishing a clear “triage process” for cases to ensure timely deportations. It said the agency should also regularly track the timeliness of removals against its performance targets and encourage voluntary returns of foreign nationals to their countries of origin.
Jack Harris, public safety critic for the NDP, said Mr. Blair needs to step in, take some ownership of the situation, and let Canadians know what will be done to address it. In a separate report Wednesday, Ontario’s Auditor-General examined the costs of irregular asylum seekers to the province. Bonnie Lysyk found that former minister of children, community and social services Lisa MacLeod overstated the costs associated with a surge of irregular border crossers.
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