Completed Access to Information Requests

Records from January 1, 2022, to January 3, 2025, regarding the intelligence placemats by the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) Intelligence and Investigations Directorate relating to: Illegal border crossings from Canada to the United States (US), and from the US into Canada; Arrivals of foreign nationals using study permits, visitor visas, work permits and other legitimate documents at Canada's ports of entry who then subsequently attempt to cross the border into the US legally; Smuggling of fentanyl, other synthetic opioids and precursors into Canada; smuggling into the US from Canada of the same; Smuggling of veterinary drugs such as ketamine into Canada, and their mixing with other drugs such as fentanyl, including how prevalent their use is in Canada, trends and areas of focus and concern; Reports on the arrival of drugs such as nitazines into Canada, and their origin; Immigrants facing deportation who have absconded, including high-risk individuals with criminal records who have not been detained and are being sought by the CBSA; Criminal activity in Canada by study permits and visitor visa holders.