Senator Boisvenu: I would ask you to also inquire about the number of investigations that the agency has conducted and the number of dangerous illegal immigrants with criminal records who have been deported from Canada since 2020.

Hon. Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu: Senator Anderson, I completely understand your question, having visited your village. I hope that the government will help you.

Senator Gold, my question is for you. Yesterday, I was asking you about the illegal criminals who have sexual assault records and who fell off the Canada Border Services Agency’s radar. As you know, these criminals are a threat to women’s safety. Since 2015, we’ve seen a rise in sex crimes. According to Statistics Canada, level one sexual assaults increased by 18% in 2021 alone.

Senator Gold, in light of these two disturbing observations for women, why did the Auditor General of Canada say in his 2020 report that the CBSA didn’t open an investigation to track these dangerous criminals? Why did the CBSA fail to investigate these dangerous offenders?