Currently, the inventory of unauthorized occupants that we’re aware of that we would have inherited on April 1st is right around 190
unauthorized occupants. As I said, we are proceeding with 12 cases. Those 12 cases were assessed internally by the department as to the ones that we thought represented the greatest risk to the environment, so they were the ones that took our priority.
As the Members are probably aware, we had one very significant one where we removed a number of
vehicles from a site just this last fall along Highway No. 3 and working with the Justice department and MACA and our inspectors all together to make that happen.
These are done, though, on an assessed risk basis, so part of the process that the inspectors follow is to assess what the risk is when they’re doing their inspections. Also, identifying unauthorized occupants is something that is part of the priority for the department. That’s why we have conducted, as of December 31st per the Minister’s opening
statement, some 600 inspections so far this year, which puts us well ahead of the most active years that AANDC would have. Their average years were more like 300 to 400 inspections. We’re already well past that amount as of the end of December and we continue to do inspections which helps us to identify where those highest risks are.