Canada's immigration security system faces critical coordination failures

Canada's immigration security apparatus is struggling with fundamental structural weaknesses that have allowed security threats to slip through multiple agency checkpoints, according to recent policy analysis. The system involves four separate federal bodies – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police – each maintaining distinct databases and risk assessment protocols without centralized coordination. With security screening requests exceeding 538,000 annually and processing backlogs creating wait times of up to 50 years in some pathways, experts warn that the fragmented approach compromises both national security and the experience of legitimate applicants, calling for consolidated oversight and modernized legislative frameworks.

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