1. Overview of the Canada Border Services Agency
XVII Regional Conference on Migration
Panama City, Panama
June 19-22, 2012

2. Outline Who We Are What We Do Canada’s Public Safety Portfolio
CBSA’s organisational structure
CBSA Partnership with the United States
CBSA and Pre-approved Programs
CBSA Border Management Best Practices
CBSA Statistics
Contacts

3. CBSA Who We Are
CBSA was established in December 2003 and is an integral part of the Public Safety Portfolio which was created to protect Canadians and maintain a peaceful and safe society.
CBSA is responsible for providing integrated border services that support national security and public safety.
CBSA amalgamates functions from three organizations:
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CBSA performs border operations related to customs and immigration, and to food, plant and animal programs.
CBSA is responsible for the intelligence, interdiction and enforcement functions related to these programs.

4. CBSA What We Do
CBSA administers more than 90 acts, regulations and international agreements, many on behalf of
other federal departments and agencies, the provinces and the territories.
CBSA:
Administers legislation (over 90 acts) that governs the admissibility of people, goods and plants and animals into and out of Canada;
Detains those people who may pose a threat to Canada;
Identifies and removes people who are inadmissible to Canada, including those involved in terrorism, organized crime, war crimes or crimes against humanity;
Interdicts illegal goods entering or leaving the country;
Protects food safety, plant and animal health, and Canada's resource base;
Promotes Canadian business and economic benefits by administering trade legislation and trade agreements to meet Canada's international obligations, including the enforcement of trade remedies that help protect Canadian industry from the injurious effects of dumped and subsidized imported goods;
Administers a fair and impartial redress mechanism; and
Collects applicable duties and taxes on imported goods.

5. Where we are in the Government Apparatus Canada’s Public Safety Portfolio
Parliament
Minister
Parliamentary Secretary
Canada Border Services Agency
Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP
Deputy Minister
Associate Deputy Minister
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Office of the Correctional Investigator
Office of the Inspector General of CSIS
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
RCMP External Review Committee
Department
Correctional Service Canada
Other government departments: Citizenship and Immigration, Justice, Agriculture, Transport, CATSA, Environment, Health, Finance, Foreign Affairs and International Trade
National Parole Board

6. How we are organized President Chief of Staff Executive Vice-President
Information, Science and
Technology Branch
Legal Services
Comptrollership Branch
Programs Branch
Operations Branch
Human Resources Branch
Corporate Affairs Branch

7. CBSA’s partnership with the United States
Due to our shared border, the United States is Canada’s most important strategic partner.
Since the wake of U.S. terrorist attacks in September 2001, Canadian and U.S. government departments and agencies have worked in partnership to improve security and services on the shared border.
We share the same objectives of keeping our borders closed to security, health and safety threats and open to lawful travel and trade. We also share the same goals in ensuring the integrity of our immigration and border programs.
CBSA maintains close ties with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Department of State, and its agencies (i.e. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. This relationship extends from the day to day operational relationships on the ground to the high level strategic engagement of senior officials.

8. Perimeter Vision
The “Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness” Declaration was announced by Prime Minister Harper and President Obama in February 2011.
Four key principles underpinning the Declaration;
Addressing threats early;
Trade facilitation, economic growth and jobs;
Integrated cross-border law enforcement; and
Critical infrastructure and cyber security.
The Border Action Plan follows the Declaration and establishes 32 initiatives that will be implemented over the next few years.
Initiatives will see both Canada and the United States working together within, at, and away from our border to address threats as early as possible, and in a way that supports economic competitiveness, job creation and prosperity.
The CBSA has an interest in 28 different Action Plan initiatives and sub-initiatives. 8

9. CBSA Border Management Best Practices
Coordinated Border Management (CBM) involves better coordination, communication and cooperation between various border agencies and regulatory authorities.
Different models and approaches have been adopted by border management agencies.
The Canadian model is based on a single agency responsible for customs, immigration, intelligence and enforcement, as well as food, animal and plant inspection, with sole authority at the ports of entry.
The border protection function between ports of entry is carried out by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the federal police authority in Canada.
This inter-governmental partnership approach is referred to in Canada as “Integrated Border Management.”
Key elements of the Canadian Integrated Border Management model include:
Pushing the borders out
Enhancing risk assessment
Enhancing border processing

10. CBSA Border Management Best Practices
Border Risk Management and Intelligence Risk Assessments
The CBSA is an intelligence-driven and risk-based organization.
The CBSA relies on intelligence-based decision making to identify high-risk travellers and contraband goods bound for Canada.
Good intelligence is built on modern tools, skilled professionals, and good relationships with partners such as law enforcement agencies.
Intelligence Risk Assessments confirm CBSA’s key border security threats and risks by region and by mode.
Intelligence Risk Management enables CBSA to effectively ‘push the borders out.’

11. CBSA Border Management Best Practices
Integrated Border Enforcement Teams (IBETs) are a critical component of maintaining the integrity and security of our borders.
IBETs enhance border integrity and security along the shared Canada/U.S. border and between designated ports of entry.
The Integrated Border Enforcement Team Program is comprised of both Canadian and American law enforcement agencies (RCMP, CBSA, US-CBP, US-ICE and US Coast Guard). 

12. Statistics (2010-2011) Annual Statistics Immigration Related Functions
Travellers processed
93 Million
GST/HST collected
$18,213,500,000/ year – $49.9 M/daily
Immigration Related Functions
Persons removed from Canada
15,196
Refugee claimants at Ports of Entry
8,261
Trade Statistics
Commercial releases handled
13.1 Million
Courier shipments processed
32 Million
Courier shipments examined
605,785
Number of anti-dumping and countervailing measures in place 26
Our Missing Children Program
Missing children recovered 29
Seizures
Total number of drug seizures
10,039
Value of drug seizures
554.5 Million
Weapons seizures – firearms
443
Total number of currency seizures – suspected proceeds of crime
100
Currency seizures – dollar value
30.7 Million
Total tobacco seizures
2,831
Items of child pornography, hate propaganda and obscenities (travellers and goods)
267
Agricultural Inspections
Interceptions of Plant Products
16,104
Interceptions of Meat and Animal Products
30,745

13. CBSA Contacts Chris Henderson
Director General, International and Partnerships
Programs Branch
Canada Border Services Agency
17th Floor, 191 Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa, ON K1A 0L8
CANADA
(613)