Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is beefing up their security– and it applies to everyone. No matter if you’re a citizen or visitor, prepare yourself to undergo some new checks to make sure you’re not a danger to the law.
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CANADA BORDER SERVICE AGENCY’S TRAVEL COMPLIANCE INDICATOR
Developed with CBSA’s traveller data, the border agency plans to roll out an AI that will check people crossing the border to determine if they could potentially break the law. It is named the “traveller compliance indicator” (TCI), and was made with five years of traveller data.
Part of its implementation is to modernize and improve border safety. Although the system is still being refined, it could be launched in 2027 to assist border officers determine who is a “high risk” individual. Those that are deemed so can be subject to further inspection.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The AI will work to predict “the likelihood of a traveller to be compliant.” People entering Canada are assigned a “compliance score.” It is meant to help determine how likely a person is to comply with Canadian law. Except, humans aren’t entirely out of the equation with this new tool. In fact, they’re still an integral part of the process as an officer must analyze the results and decide whether or not to let an individual through the border. A compliance score does not automatically replace the officer nor determine anything other than a number. Humans shape the final outcome, so it looks like AI won’t be taking over the world just yet.
Simply put, the tool is intended to increase efficiency and cut down on time checking compliant individuals. It will eventually come to air and marine ports of entry, assisting border officers in determining whether or not to enact a secondary examination.
It will still be some time until the AI is fully implemented.
