Suzanne Legault and Government

: The government currently collects a digital photograph and 10 fingerprints to verify the identity of foreign nationals from 29 countries and one territory when they apply to temporarily visit, study or work in Canada, according to CBC. Canadian border security: Most travellers aren't full screened Suzanne Legault questions 'black hole of retroactive gun registry provisions in budget bill Suzanne Legault seeks court order to preserve Quebec gun data The changes proposed in the government 167-page omnibus budget bill would amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to allow the collection of biometric information from any person who applies to come to Canada. But Prime Minister Stephen Harper is defending the budget bill provisions, saying "all privacy and legal standards" will be respected. Once an applicant is accepted, "further" biometric information could be collected "for verification purposes." The government expects that by 2018-19 it will be collecting biometric data from 2.9 million people annually. Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks about expanding the use of biometrics at a speech in Toronto on Thursday. Sonia Lesange, a spokeswoman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, told CBC News in an email that a digital photo and fingerprints are "the only biometrics data applicants will have to provide." She said visitors who travel here without visas, such as Americans and Western Europeans, would be exempt from biometric screening. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.