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### Viewing cable 07OTTAWA2029, INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES -

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07OTTAWA2029 | 2007-11-05 14:43 | 2011-04-28 00:00 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Embassy Ottawa

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    VZCZCXRO8107
    PP RUEHGA RUEHHA RUEHQU RUEHVC
    DE RUEHOT #2029/01 3091443
    ZNR UUUUU ZZH
    P 051443Z NOV 07
    FM AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6846
    INFO RUCNCAN/ALL CANADIAN POSTS COLLECTIVE

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 OTTAWA 002029

    SIPDIS

    SENSITIVE
    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PTER PREL KVPR PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS CA
    SUBJECT: INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES -
    INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND SHARING; CANADA

    REF: STATE 133921

    ¶1. (SBU)  Officials of the Canadian Border Services Agency
    (CBSA) declined to meet with Emboffs to discuss elements of
    their border practices in time to meet the deadline for
    responding to reftel.  The entire issue of "Watch-listing" is
    extremely politically sensitive in Canada.  Therefore,
    responses below are based on observation and interaction of
    various Embassy offices with their Canadian counterparts.

    ¶2.  (SBU)  Responses are linked to para six of reftel.

    ¶A. Watchlisting:

    -- the current Canadian Watchlist contains approximately 2000
    records.  We have no breakdown of the watchlist by content.
    The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) maintains
    the watchlist.

    ¶B. Traveler Information Collection:

    --  What are the country's policies (legislation, mandates,
    etc.) on collecting information from travelers arriving in
    the country?: Essentially the same as the United States.

    --  Are there different policies for air, sea, and land entry
    and for domestic flights?: Policies are not officially
    different.  But data collection is more thorough at the air
    and sea ports of entry than the land border.

    --  Who collects traveler information?:  CBSA

    --  What are the policies of the collecting agency to share
    that information with foreign governments?:  Canadian privacy
    laws severely limit information-sharing with regard to
    Canadian citizens or persons with a legal status in Canada.
    Information on others is more freely shared.

    -- Does the host government collect Passenger Name Record
    (PNR) data on incoming commercial flights or vessels?  Is
    this data used for intelligence or law enforcement purposes
    to screen travelers?  Does host government have any existing
    treaties to share PNR data?:  Canada collects PNR data, but
    we have no information as to the extent this data is used for
    screening travelers.

    -- If applicable, have advance passenger information systems
    (APIS), interactive advanced passenger information systems
    (IAPIS), or electronic travel authority systems been
    effective at detecting other national security threats, such
    as wanted criminals?:  Not available.

     ¶C.  Border Control and Screening:

    -- Does the host government employ software to screen
    travelers of security interest?:  Yes.  National Record
    Assessment Center (NRAC)

    -- Are all travelers tracked electronically, or only
    non-host- country nationals?  What is the frequency of
    travelers being "waived through"  because they hold up what
    appears to be an appropriate document, but whose information
    is not actually recorded electronically?  What is the
    estimated percentage of non-recorded crossings, entries and
    exits?:  All travelers are tracked only at entry.  All
    travelers are entering by land or sea are entered
    electronically.  The majority of land entries are entered
    electronically.

    -- Do host government border control officials have the
    authority to use other criminal data when making decisions on
    who can enter the country? If so, please describe this
    authority (legislation, mandates, etc):  Yes.  CBSA has MOU's
    with responsible agencies to use their information in making
    entry decisions.

     -- What are the host government's policies on questioning,
    detaining and denying entry to individuals presenting
    themselves at a point of entry into the country?  Which
    agency would question, detain, or deny entry?:  CBSA has the
    authority and its practices are similar to those in the
    United States.

    --  How well does information-sharing function within the
    host government, e.g., if there is a determination that
    Qhost government, e.g., if there is a determination that
    someone with a valid host government visa is later identified
    with terrorism, how is this communicated and resolved
    internally?:  Interagency cooperation is not particularly
    good within the Canadian bureaucracy.

    ¶D.  Biometric Collection:

    OTTAWA 00002029  002 OF 003

    -- Are biometric systems integrated for all active POEs?
    What are the systems and models used?:  No, they are still
    being integrated.

    --  Are all passengers screened for the biometric or does the
    host government target a specific population for collection
    (i.e. host country nationals)? Do the biometric collection
    systems look for a one to one comparison (ensure the
    biometric presented matches the one stored on the e-Passport)
    or one to many comparison (checking the biometric presented
    against a database of known biometrics)?:  No

    -- If biometric systems are in place, does the host
    government know of any countermeasures that have been used or
    attempted to defeat biometric checkpoints?:  Not available.

    -- What are the host government's policies on collecting the
    fingerprints of travelers coming into the country?:
    Fingerprints may only be collected for specific reasons such
    as Refugee Applicant, Suspected Criminal.

    --  Which agency is responsible for the host government's
    fingerprint system?:  Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

    --  Are the fingerprint programs in place NIST, INT-I, EFTS,
    UK1 or RTID compliant?:  Not available.

    --  Are the fingerprints collected as flats or rolled? Which
    agency collects the fingerprints?:  Either process may be
    used depending on the circumstances.  CBSA collects the
    prints at the Port of Entry.

     ¶E.  Passports:

    --  If the host government issues a machine-readable passport
    containing biometric information, does the host government
    share the public key required to read the biometric
    information with any other governments?  If so, which
    governments?:  There is no sharing.

    --  Does the host government issue replacement passports for
    full or limited validity (e.g. the time remaining on the
    original passports, fixed validity for a replacement, etc.)?:
     Except for temporary, emergency passports, replacement
    passports are issued for a full validity.  They are
    considered new passports.

    --  Does the host government have special
    regulations/procedures for dealing with "habitual" losers of
    passports or bearers who have reported their passports stolen
    multiple times?:  There is no basis for denying issuance of a
    passport except for a violation of law.

    --  Are replacement passports of the same or different
    appearance and page length as regular passports (do they have
    something along the lines of our emergency partial duration
    passports)?:  Replacement passports are considered fully
    valid new passports.  There is a short validity emergency
    passport issued by overseas offices that has a different
    appearance.

    --  Do emergency replacement passports contain the same or
    fewer biometric fields as regular-issue passports?:
    Emergency passports have no biometric fields.

    --  Where applicable, has Post noticed any increase in the
    number of replacement or "clean" (i.e. no evidence of prior
    travel) passports used to apply for U.S. visas?:  Canadian
    citizens do not need a visa to enter the United States.

    --  Are replacement passports assigned a characteristic
    number series or otherwise identified?:  No

     ¶F. Fraud Detection

    --  How robust is fraud detection and how actively are
    instances of fraud involving documents followed up?:  It is
    reasonably robust.  On an individual basis, there is limited
    follow-up.  Where a pattern is detected or where individual
    fraud appears as a component for a larger issue, there is
    significant investigation.

    --  How are potentially fraudulently issued documents taken
    out of circulation, or made harder to use?:  The documents
    Qout of circulation, or made harder to use?:  The documents
    are seized and entered into the CBSA Fraudulent Document
    System.

    ¶G. Privacy and Data Security

    --  What are the country's policies on records related to the

    OTTAWA 00002029  003 OF 003

    questioning, detention, or removal of individuals encountered
    at points of entry into the country?  How are those records
    stored, and for how long?:  All records are covered by the
    Access To Information and Privacy Act.  All records are
    stored in the Field Operation Support System (FOSS).  We have
    no information on retention policies.

    -- What are the country's restrictions on the collection or
    use of sensitive data?:  Restrictions are based on the Access
    To Information and Privacy Act, which severely restricts the
    use or sharing of any collected data.

    -- What are the requirements to provide notice to the public
    on the implementation of new databases of records?:  Not
    available.

    -- Are there any laws relating to security features for
    government computer systems that hold personally identifying
    information?:  Yes.  Access To Information and Privacy Act.

    -- What are the rules on an individual's ability to access
    data that homeland security agencies hold about them?:  A
    Canadian citizen can request copies of data that government
    agencies hold on him except in the case of security-related
    data.  But the standards of withholding data are very high.

    --  Are there different rules for raw data (name, date of
    birth, etc.) versus case files (for example, records about
    enforcement actions)?:  No

    --  Does a non-citizen/resident have the right to sue the
    government to obtain these types of data?:  Yes

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    WILKINS

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