Completed Access to Information Requests

Request Number:
A-2025-00249
August 2025
Summary:

Records from January 1, 2024, to January 2, 2025, regarding the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on negative effects with border processing capacity in the United States. Specifically, the United States officials have identified flagpoling as an operational strain for their border authorities as it can divert resources away from core business activities to redirect temporary residents of Canada back to Canada for Canadian immigration service processing. Therefore, all records, notes, letters, emails, meeting agendas/minutes of the communications from the United States officials to the Canada Border Services Agency that lead to those statements/conclusions.

Disposition:
Disclosed in part
Pages:
11
Organization:
Canada Border Services Agency