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2012 APEC COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION PLAN

ECONOMY: CANADA CALENDAR YEAR: 2012 LAST UPDATED: 2012

Objective: Where appropriate, to self-assess progress against APEC Leaders’ and Ministers’ counter-terrorism commitments, and to identify capacity building needs to assist the CTTF to identify priority areas for future cooperation.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. Summary of main achievements/progress in implementing Leaders’ and Ministers’ commitments since last update. Since its last update, Canada has taken a series of measures to continue to increase its ability to counter terrorism both at home and abroad, in line with APEC Leaders’ and Ministers’ counter-terrorism commitments. Canada released its first national counter-terrorism strategy in 2012, Building Resilience Against Terrorism. The Strategy sets out Canada’s approach to tackling this global and domestic threat. It assesses the nature and scale of the threat, and sets out basic principles and elements that underpin the Government’s counter-terrorism activities. Canada has enacted the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act in 2012 which allows victims of terrorism to sue perpetrators of terrorism and those who support them, including listed foreign states, for loss or damage that has occurred as a result of an act of terrorism committed anywhere in the world. Canada has taken decisive measures to ensure to protect its cargo, port facilities and ships engaged in international voyages, international aviation, people in transit, and threats to security. Canada has taken steps to increase its ability to combat terrorist financing. For example, the Government of Canada released for public comment, in October 2012, draft amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations (PCMLTFR). These draft amendments are intended to ensure that reporting entities clearly understand their customer due diligence obligations, improve Canada’s compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 5 (customer due diligence), and promote the continuing strength of Canada’s AML/ATF regime Canada has also taken steps to promote cyber security. For example, in October 2010, the Government of Canada launched Canada’s Cyber Security Strategy. It is designed to secure Government of Canada systems, enhance partnerships to secure vital cyber systems outside the federal Government notably with Canada’s critical infrastructure sectors and international allies, and help protect Canadians as they connect to each other and to the world.

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Through its Counter-Terrorism Capacity-Building Program (CTCBP) and other programming mechanisms, Canada has continued to provide capacity-building assistance to countries in areas such as border security; transportation security; anti-terrorism financing; legislative drafting, legal policy and human rights and counter-terrorism training and law enforcement training. 2. Summary of forward work program to implement Leaders’ and Ministers’ commitments. Canada will continue to fulfil its domestic and international obligations as they relate to countering terrorism. Canada will continue to look for innovative ways to combat the threat of terrorism. 3. Summary of capacity building needs and opportunities that would accelerate/strengthen the implementation of APEC Leaders’ and Ministers’ commitments by your economy and in the region. Canada remains committed to working collaboratively with APEC economies through the CTCBP and other mechanisms in order to build our collective capacity to counter terrorism in line with APEC Leaders’ and Ministers’ commitments.

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A. ENHANCING THE SECURE FLOW OF TRADE AND PEOPLE IN THE APEC REGION A.1 Protect Cargo: Contact Point: Name: _Meghan Lau__Title: _Policy Advisor (Counter-Terrorism), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada_

Telephone Number: _1-613-944-7045___ Fax Number: __1-613-944-4827__ Email Address:_______meghan.lau@international.gc.ca__ LEADERS’ AND MINISTERS’ COMMITMENTS • Implement the APEC Framework for Secure Trade (2005). • Implement the common standards for electronic customs reporting developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO) that provide data to

target high-risk shipments and facilitate trade (2002). • Implement as practicable as possible a container security regime that facilitates the smooth flow of trade while enhancing the integrity of containers

(2002). • Promote private-sector adoption of high standards of supply chain security, as developed by the private sector and law enforcement officials

(2002). • Continue cooperation between APEC member economies to facilitate trade recovery after a terrorist attack (2006, 2007, 2011). • Work towards more consistent security measures that reduce transaction costs, and to enhance cooperation with the private sector (2007, 2011). • Complete the APEC Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Best Practices Guidelines Document (2011) • Continue work on the Trade Recovery Program to work toward an operational system for ensuring trade recovery and resilience across the region

in the wake of natural disasters and other major disruptions, such as terrorist attacks. (2011) MEASURES UNDERTAKEN SINCE LAST UPDATE TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS The Great Lakes and Seaway Oversight initiative is part of the Canada-United States (U.S.) Regulatory Cooperation Council. The Working Group will provide recommendations by March 2013, for a course of action that eliminates unnecessary impediments to trade and duplication of inspection, screening and reporting regimes. This may involve pilot programs to test system solutions like the Port State Control Pilot Project started in August 2012: • Action Plan Initiative (RCC – Regulatory Cooperation Council) = Establish a Canada-U.S. safety and security framework and arrangement for the

St. Lawrence Seaway (SLS) and Great Lakes (GL) system in order to align regulatory requirements. • Deliverable outcome from the Work Plan (WP) = Establish a framework to jointly address issues related to the safety (including the protection of

the environment) and security of vessels operating within the GL and SLS, in order to eliminate duplicative inspections and eliminate impediments to trade.

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• WP Action Item 1: JIVP • Explore the feasibility of developing an expanded Joint Initial Verification Program (JIVP) to jointly address issues related to the safety (including the protection of the environment) and security of vessels entering the St. Lawrence Seaway.

• WP Action Item 2 : Mutual Recognition • Explore the feasibility of mutual recognition of regulatory oversight regimes for our respective domestic

fleets on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. • Canada and the U.S. have established a new long-term partnership built upon a perimeter approach to security and economic competitiveness. The

Declaration on Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness includes a number of initiatives such as: o Mitigate impacts of disruption on communities and the economy by managing traffic in the event of an emergency (maritime commerce) –

Canada and the U.S. have committed to collaborate at the regional level between countries to facilitate maritime commerce recovery following an emergency.

o Integrated Cargo Security Strategy – Canada and the U.S. have developed a joint strategy to address risks associated with shipments arriving from offshore based upon informed risk management. This strategy is aimed at identifying and resolving security and contraband concerns as early as possible in the supply chain or at the perimeter, with the expectation that this will allow the two nations to reduce the level of these activities at the Canada-U.S. border.

FURTHER MEASURES PLANNED TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS (indicate timeframe) • As part of the Canada-U.S. Action Plan on Beyond the Border:

o Public Safety Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency, Transport Canada, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are working in the maritime commerce arena to establish or identify existing joint Canadian – U.S. Atlantic and Great Lakes committees by June 30, 2013, followed by implementation of validated plans and procedures, similar to those developed for the Pacific Region in the winter 2012-13

o Pilot projects have been launched in October 2012 to validate and shape the implementation of the Integrated Cargo Security Strategy, which is anticipated to be implemented in 2014. Pilot projects include the Canada Border Services Agency – Transport Canada Cargo Targeting Initiative involving pre-load information and targeting the air mode; permitter vetting and examination of inbound cargo at Prince Rupert destined for Chicago by rail and marine cargo arriving at Montreal destined for the United States by truck.

PLEASE DESCRIBE THE APEC CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOUR ECONOMY PARTICIPATED DURING THE LAST YEAR. WHAT BENEFITS DID YOUR ECONOMY DERIVE FROM THESE ACTIVITIES? WHAT FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES WOULD BE USEFUL? • Canada, through its Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program, provided financial support to review, revise and conduct a validation meeting of the

APEC Manual of Maritime Security Drills and Exercises for Port Facilities in 2012 followed by the translation of the document into Spanish to

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allow the adoption and use by all Organization of American States (OAS) member states . It is now in use by APEC as well as the OAS under its Port Security Assistance Program (PSAP) of which Transport Canada was a partner from 2006-until 2012. The revision of this manual has provided another tool to enhance maritime security in the Americas (there are 5 APEC economies in the Americas, including Canada).

WHAT SPECIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS DOES YOUR ECONOMY HAVE THAT HINDER YOUR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS, AND WHAT CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH APEC TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOUR ECONOMY (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) WHAT KIND OF EXPERTISE AND/OR ASSISTANCE COULD YOUR ECONOMY PROVIDE TO OTHER APEC MEMBERS THAT COULD HELP ADDRESS THEIR CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR ECONOMY COULD PROVIDE (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.)

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THESE NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOUR ECONOMY (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) NIL WHAT KIND OF EXPERTISE AND/OR ASSISTANCE COULD YOUR ECONOMY PROVIDE TO OTHER APEC MEMBERS THAT COULD HELP ADDRESS THEIR CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR ECONOMY COULD PROVIDE (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.)

• Canada has developed an approach to aviation security based on risk and the systematic evaluation thereof at the Strategic (National), operational

(industry) and tactical (airport) levels. Canadian expertise on assessing risk and associated methodologies at key airports has been requested by APEC economies.

• Canada coordinates its international aviation security capacity building activities with key partners and ICAO.

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A.4 Protect People in Transit: Contact Point: Name: _Meghan Lau_Title: _Policy Advisor (Counter-Terrorism), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Telephone Number: _1-613-944-7045___________ Fax Number: _1-613-944-4827_ Email Address:__meghan.lau@international.gc.ca_ LEADERS’ AND MINISTERS’ COMMITMENTS • Implement as expeditiously as possible an Advance Passenger Information system for the collection and transmission of advance passenger

information (2002). • Consider joining the Regional Movement Alert System (RMAS) (2006). • Adopt and implement agreed standards for machine readable travel documents, and application of biometrics in entry and (where applicable) exit

procedures and travel documents consistent with ICAO and the International Standards Organization (2002). • Assure the highest possible integrity of all government officials who are involved in border operations (2002). • Develop a standardized strategic safety and security master plan for tourists, a crisis management model, and promote the development by industry

of simple-to-use safety and security measures for tourism businesses (2002). • Voluntarily provide information on lost and stolen travel documents to the existing database of the International Criminal and Police Organization

(ICPO-Interpol) on a best endeavours basis (2005). • Implement APEC Travel Facilitation Initiative to facilitate regional international travel, while ensuring the security of the overall travel system.

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MEASURES UNDERTAKEN SINCE LAST UPDATE TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS • Under Canadian law, all commercial carriers are required to provide the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) with advance passenger information relating to all persons on board commercial conveyances bound for Canada (2012). • Passport Canada enters information about lost and stolen passports/travel documents into the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC). INTERPOL obtains this data from CPIC and uploads it into their Lost, Stolen and Fraudulent Document (LSFD) database, where it can be accessed by member countries and border officials (2012) • Canada has taken several measures to improve the Canadian aviation security system and to exceed international standards. Our air cargo security program is just one of many initiatives we've put in place to mitigate risks to air security. FURTHER MEASURES PLANNED TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS (indicate timeframe)

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• Canada is taking measures to make travel documents more secure by issuing internationally recognized, ICAO-compliant electronic passports—commonly referred to as ePassports—in mid-2013. PLEASE DESCRIBE THE APEC CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOUR ECONOMY PARTICIPATED DURING THE LAST YEAR. WHAT BENEFITS DID YOUR ECONOMY DERIVE FROM THESE ACTIVITIES? WHAT FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES WOULD BE USEFUL? WHAT SPECIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS DOES YOUR ECONOMY HAVE THAT HINDER YOUR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS, AND WHAT CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH APEC TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOUR ECONOMY (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) NIL WHAT KIND OF EXPERTISE AND/OR ASSISTANCE COULD YOUR ECONOMY PROVIDE TO OTHER APEC MEMBERS THAT COULD HELP ADDRESS THEIR CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR ECONOMY COULD PROVIDE (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) • Canada coordinates its international aviation security capacity building activities with key partners and ICAO.

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A.5 Combat Threats to Security: Contact Point: Name: __Meghan Lau_Title: Policy Advisor (Counter-Terrorism), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada_Telephone Number: __1-613-944-7045__________ Fax Number: _1-613-944-4827_Email Address:_meghan.lau@international.gc.ca_

LEADERS’ AND MINISTERS’ COMMITMENTS • Review progress on commitments to dismantle trans-national terrorist groups (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). • Eliminate the severe and growing danger posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery by strengthened

non-proliferation regimes and adopting and enforcing effective export controls (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) as well as take appropriate individual and joint actions to protect legitimate financial and commercial system from abuse (2006).

• Ensure that any measures taken to combat terrorism comply with all relevant obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law (2005).

• Relevant economies to take steps towards the ratification and implementation of, or the commitment to ratify all basic universal antiterrorist conventions (2004, 2008).

• Increase and better coordinate counter-terrorism activities, where appropriate, through effective collaboration, technical assistance and capacity building, and cooperation between APEC’s Counter-Terrorism Task Force with relevant international, regional and functional organizations (2003) in accordance with the relevant APEC rules and practices.

• Relevant economies to implement the International Atomic Energy Agency Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources as well as the Guidance on the Import and Export of Radioactive Sources (2005).

• Continue efforts and cooperation on food defense to mitigate the terrorist threat to the food supply following the voluntary APEC Food Defence Principles (2007).

• Implement the APEC Consolidated Counter-Terrorism and Secure Trade Strategy to make regional commerce and travel more secure, efficient, and resilient (2011).

MEASURES UNDERTAKEN SINCE LAST UPDATE TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS Canada released its first national counter-terrorism strategy in 2012, Building Resilience Against Terrorism. The Strategy sets out Canada’s approach to tackling this global and domestic threat. It assesses the nature and scale of the threat, and sets out basic principles and elements that underpin the Government’s counter-terrorism activities. Together, these principles and elements serve as a means of prioritizing and evaluating the Government’s efforts against terrorism. The overarching goal of the Strategy is: to counter domestic and international terrorism in order to protect Canada, Canadians and Canadian interests. The Strategy operates through four mutually reinforcing elements: Prevent, Detect, Deny and Respond. All Government activity is directed towards one or more of these elements. The Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act was enacted in 2012 and allows victims of terrorism to sue perpetrators of terrorism and those who support

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them, including listed foreign states, for loss or damage that has occurred as a result of an act of terrorism committed anywhere in the world. Canada reports regularly to the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee on its efforts to fulfil its international counter-terrorism commitments under United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1373. Canada has established the necessary security mechanisms to fulfil these obligations. Canada is strongly committed to preventing the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and related materials (nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical) by states and non-state actors of proliferation concern with a view to prevent WMD terrorism globally. Canada is a member of all multilateral Non-proliferation Arms Control and Disarmament (NACD) treaties (NPT, CWC, BTWC, CTBT). Canada is a member of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI), a cross-regional group of 10 NPT Non-Nuclear Weapon States established in September 2010 that aims to advance the implementation of key elements agreed in the Final Document of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, particularly its Action Plan. Canada participates actively in multilateral export control regimes and arrangements and implements its national export controls in accordance with the guidelines and control lists of the following regimes: the Australia Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Nuclear Supplier Group, the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Zangger Committee. Canada is continuing to take measures to ensure full implementation of UNSCR 1540. Canada has also remained actively engaged in efforts to promote and support 1540 implementation globally. In 2010, Canada provided to the 1540 Committee a summary action plan regarding our work on 1540. Through the Global Partnership Program (GPP), Canada’s contribution to the G8-led but 24 member Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, Canada has spent roughly $930 million to implement concrete projects to address critical WMD proliferation and terrorism threats since 2002. Originally focused within the former Soviet Union, the GPP now conducts programming in the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In March 2012, Prime Minister Harper announced the renewal of the program for five years (2013-2018), with an additional $367 million in funds committed. The GPP focuses on four priority areas: nuclear and radiological security, biological security, countering WMD-related knowledge proliferation and supporting the implementation of UNSCR 1540. At the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit, Prime Minister (PM) Harper, along with more than 53 heads of states and international organisations, committed to promoting universal adherence to multilateral nuclear security instruments. Domestically, this has been the impetus for the introduction of legislation to ratify the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) and the Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in March 2012. Canada remains an active participant in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). In support of the GICNT, Canada hosted a two

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and a half day table top exercise in Toronto in May 2012 which advanced GICNT principles related to capabilities for response, mitigation, and investigation of a nuclear terrorist attacks and information sharing. Canada is a member state of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a permanent member of the IAEA Board of Governors, and Chair of the BoG from September 2012 to September 2013. Canada is a strong supporter of and the third largest state donor ($17 million) to the IAEA's Nuclear Security Fund, which works to prevent the threat of nuclear terrorism. Canada has enacted the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) Implementation Act which provides a more complete legal basis for the regulation of dual-use biological agents, and carries much stiffer penalties for violations than in the past. Canada promulgated the regulations for control of schedule I chemicals in line with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Canada belongs to the Hague Code of Conduct whereby subscribing states agree to exercise restraint on ballistic missiles holdings and to comply with certain confidence building measures. Canada is an active participant in and fully supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). To this end, Canada continues to review its domestic legal authorities as they relate to the non-proliferation of WMD and their means of delivery. Canada is a member of the PSI Operational Experts Group and will actively contribute to the 2013 PSI High Level Political Meeting. Human rights and Counter-terrorism is a priority for Canada. The commitment to uphold respect for human rights and rule of law is one of the keys to success in countering terrorism. Canada has been instrumental in ensuring that regional and international counter-terrorism instruments include reference to the promotion and protection of human rights. Canada is also active in other multilateral and regional fora dealing with counter-terrorism to ensure the inclusion of language on the respect of the Charter of the UN and international norms when combating terrorism (UNSC, GA, G8, GCTF, OSCE, OAS, ARF, APEC) The Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), which received Royal Assent on December 18, 2001 paid careful attention to the protection of human rights in pursuit of national security. The ATA respects the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and our international obligations. The preamble to the ATA states that the Parliament of Canada “is committed to taking comprehensive measures to protect Canadians against terrorist activity while continuing to respect and promote the values reflected in, and the rights and freedoms guaranteed by, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”. As a member of APEC, the GCTF, and the G8, Canada is a strong proponent of increased collaboration between fora. We use our membership in these fora to share the results of related initiatives, and encourage capacity building assistance to states. Canada’s Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program assists states to develop their capacity to enhance their ability to combat terrorism, including in the Asia Pacific region.

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FURTHER MEASURES PLANNED TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS (indicate timeframe) Canada actively contributes to a strengthened nuclear non-proliferation regime through the advancement of a process toward the negotiation of a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT). On the basis of Canada's UN General Assembly First Committee resolution in 2012, the UN Secretary-General will seek the views in 2013 of member states on possible aspects of an FMCT, and establish a Group of Governmental Experts to make recommendations in this regard in 2014 and 2015. Canada will continue active advocacy, particularly in the Western Hemisphere and the Asia Pacific, in support of the PSI. Canada will continue to advocate for implementation of UNSCR 1540, including at the regional level. In March 2012, Prime Minister Harper announced the renewal of the GPP for five years (2013-2018), with an additional $367 million in funds committed. The GPP focuses on four priority areas: nuclear and radiological security, biological security, countering WMD-related knowledge proliferation and supporting the implementation of UNSCR 1540. Canada will continue to support and encourage the universalization of Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements (CSA) and Protocols Additional to the CSA, including for all countries of the Asia Pacific region. PLEASE DESCRIBE THE APEC CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOUR ECONOMY PARTICIPATED DURING THE LAST YEAR. WHAT BENEFITS DID YOUR ECONOMY DERIVE FROM THESE ACTIVITIES? WHAT FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES WOULD BE USEFUL? WHAT SPECIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS DOES YOUR ECONOMY HAVE THAT HINDER YOUR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS, AND WHAT CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH APEC TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOUR ECONOMY (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) WHAT KIND OF EXPERTISE AND/OR ASSISTANCE COULD YOUR ECONOMY PROVIDE TO OTHER APEC MEMBERS THAT COULD HELP ADDRESS THEIR CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE

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TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR ECONOMY COULD PROVIDE (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) Canada has offered assistance to states to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1540. The details of this offer are online on the 1540 website at http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/assistance/states/Canada.shtml. Support under the GPP focuses on four priority areas: nuclear and radiological security, biological security, countering WMD-related knowledge proliferation and supporting the implementation of UNSCR 1540.

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B. HALTING TERRORIST FINANCING: Contact Point: Name: __Josée Nadeau_____________Title: _______Senior Chief, Financial Crimes (International), Finance Canada______

Telephone Number: _1-613-992-2394___ Fax Number: __1-613-943-8436_________ Email Address:______josee.nadeau@fin.gc.ca______ LEADERS’ AND MINISTERS’ COMMITMENTS • Cut off terrorists’ access to the international financial and commercial system, including by implementing standards and agreements on combating

terrorist financing and money laundering (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). • Enhance law enforcement and regulatory capabilities by establishing or identifying a financial intelligence unit (FIU) in each member economy,

and enhancing information sharing with other FIUs (2002). • Relevant economies to implement UN and other international instruments (2002). • Implement, where applicable, the FATF’s Special Recommendations on terrorist financing, including those relating to non-profit organizations,

alternative remittance systems and illicit cash couriers (2002, 2008). MEASURES UNDERTAKEN SINCE LAST UPDATE TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS Policy/Legislation: The Government of Canada released for public comment, in October 2012, draft amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations (PCMLTFR). These draft amendments are intended to ensure that reporting entities clearly understand their customer due diligence obligations, improve Canada’s compliance with FATF Recommendation 5 (customer due diligence), and promote the continuing strength of Canada’s AML/ATF regime. The Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) was amended in 2010 to enable the Minister of Finance to impose financial countermeasures against designated foreign jurisdictions and foreign entities that lack sufficient or effective AML/ATF controls. Work is underway to develop and bring into force the corresponding implementing regulations. Canada’s FATF mutual evaluation report (2008) found that Canada was largely compliant or compliant with eight of the nine FATF Special Recommendations. In terms of the non-compliant rating given for SRVII (wire transfers), Canada has since taken steps to address the identified deficiencies related to SRVII, and FATF has indicated that it appears that Canada has taken sufficient action to address the deficiencies. Canada has been the co-chair of the FATF Working Group on Typologies since 2011. Canada currently has members supporting the development of the following typology projects: terrorist financing in West Africa; money laundering and terrorist financing vulnerabilities of legal professionals; and, money laundering and terrorist financing through trade in diamonds and other precious stones. Operations and Information Sharing: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is developing a Joint Intelligence Group (JIG) comprised of various governmental departments, in order to pool resources to better combat terrorist financing. Multiple Canadian intelligence agencies, including

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the RCMP, participated in a G-8 led cash courier interdiction operation involving international points of entry. The RCMP is also proactively initiating the process of listing new terrorist entities. The Financial Transactions Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) has intelligence-sharing MOUs with 80 countries. It recently signed MOUs with Montenegro, Norway, South Africa, and Turks and Caicos in January 2012, raising the total number of MOUs to 80 from 76. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) signed an MOU with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the sharing of currency seizure information. The purpose of this MOU is to assist each organization in the investigation and prosecution of money laundering and terrorist activity financing offences. Technical Assistance and Training: In 2010-11, FINTRAC assisted the Egmont Group in acquiring funding from Canada's Counter Terrorism Capacity Building Program (CTCBP) to deliver up to 12 sessions of the World Bank/Egmont Tactical Analysis Course (TAC). The TAC is an Egmont Training Working Group product that provides tactical analysis training to FIU analysts to give them the basic knowledge and skills required to perform an FIU's core functions. Over the period, FINTRAC also delivered its International Compliance Program, having received funding from the DFAIT's Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP). This course supports international partners in the implementation of a national anti-money laundering/anti-terrorist financing compliance regime by providing them with tools, guidelines and policies that can be adopted into a participating jurisdiction's compliance program. The CTCBP has provided funding over a three-year period to support the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate multilateral project, “Preventing Abuse of the Non-Profit Sector to Finance Terrorism” which is being implemented by the Fourth Freedom Forum. Under this project last year, the Canada Revenue Agency’s Charities Directorate co-led and provided subject matter expertise at regional capacity building workshops in the Pacific region (New Zealand) and Africa (Kenya). The Charities Directorate also finalized a two-year project as co-chair on the NPO Sector vulnerabilities typologies report adopted at the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering in 2011. Canada provides significant technical assistance to the region, including through the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering, which is a FATF-styled regional body, as well as to individual countries. Canada has established technical assistance trust funds with the World Bank (bilaterally) and the IMF (initially bilaterally, but now part of the multi-donor trust funds). Canada is presently the Chair of the Steering Group overseeing the IMF topical trust fund. FURTHER MEASURES PLANNED TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS (indicate timeframe)

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The Government of Canada released a consultation paper in December 2012 to obtain stakeholder input on a number of measures to strengthen Canada’s anti-terrorist financing regime. The paper included the following proposals:

• reducing or eliminating the $10,000 threshold for reporting international electronic funds transfers; • enhancing information sharing arrangements, including by allowing FINTRAC to disclose information to the CBSA on potential threats to national

security; • improving information sharing to better detect and deter the funding of terrorism through registered charities; and, • expanding the information contained in FINTRAC disclosures, including allowing FINTRAC to provide information on the grounds it has

determined would enable it to make a disclosure (analysis). The Government of Canada has met with various stakeholders to better understand the issues raised in their submissions and is continuing its policy development work. PLEASE DESCRIBE THE APEC CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOUR ECONOMY PARTICIPATED DURING THE LAST YEAR. WHAT BENEFITS DID YOUR ECONOMY DERIVE FROM THESE ACTIVITIES? WHAT FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES WOULD BE USEFUL? N/A WHAT SPECIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS DOES YOUR ECONOMY HAVE THAT HINDER YOUR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS, AND WHAT CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH APEC TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOUR ECONOMY (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) N/A WHAT KIND OF EXPERTISE AND/OR ASSISTANCE COULD YOUR ECONOMY PROVIDE TO OTHER APEC MEMBERS THAT COULD HELP ADDRESS THEIR CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR ECONOMY COULD PROVIDE (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) Canada has and continues to provide expertise and resources to assist and help address AML/ATF capacity needs in the Asia-Pacific region. Canada

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assesses and provides assistance based on proposals put forward directly by countries or through international organizations, using established mechanisms.

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C. PROMOTING CYBER SECURITY: Contact Point: Name: __Mark Matz ___Title: _Director, Policy and Issues Management, National Cyber Security Directorate, Public Safety Canada_

Telephone Number: _1-613-993-9635_____ Fax Number: ___________ Email Address:___mark.matz@ps-sp.gc.ca__________________ LEADERS’ AND MINISTERS’ COMMITMENTS • Countering terrorism by implementing and enhancing critical information infrastructure protection and cyber security to ensure a trusted, secure

and sustainable online environment (2002). • Enhance mutual cooperation on countering malicious online activities and engage in efforts to increase cybersecurity awareness (2010). MEASURES UNDERTAKEN SINCE LAST UPDATE TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS In October 2010, the Government of Canada launched Canada’s Cyber Security Strategy. It is designed to secure Government of Canada systems, enhance partnerships to secure vital cyber systems outside the federal Government notably with Canada’s critical infrastructure sectors and international allies, and help protect Canadians as they connect to each other and to the world. The Strategy is a whole-of-Government effort being led by Public Safety Canada, with roles being played by 11 other departments and agencies. It allocates $90 million in funding over five years (2010-2015), with $18 million in annual funding thereafter. As part of the Strategy’s implementation, Canada is active in raising cyber security awareness domestically and internationally. In 2011, Canada launched the GetCyberSafe.ca campaign to provide Canadians with information on cyber threats in order for them to protect themselves and their personal information online. Communications materials from the GetCyberSafe.ca campaign have been used to promote cyber security awareness in international venues, notably APEC-TEL. Furthermore, Canada has established partnerships with other APEC economies (the United States) to improve cyber security awareness notably during Cyber Security Awareness Month in October. Canada is open to partnering with other economies in the Asia-Pacific region to share communications materials and awareness raising efforts. To enhance mutual cooperation on countering malicious activities online, Canada is active in a number of international venues to strengthen Computer Emergency Response Team cooperation (CERT) and promote confidence and security building measures to reduce the risk of state conflict in cyberspace. These discussions have taken place at the United Nations, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, APEC-TEL and the ASEAN Regional Forum. Canada has also supported cyber security policy capacity building efforts to assist other countries develop national cyber security strategies. In September 2012, Canada hosted the Roundtable for Cyber Security Policy Makers in cooperation with the Organization of American States. APEC economies Chile, Mexico and the United States were represented in addition to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Panama and Uruguay. Representatives delivered presentations on their respective cyber security strategies, capacities regarding cyber incident response; and critical infrastructure (CI)

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protection, as well as information related to their legal frameworks, technical capabilities, and existing technology to combat cybercrime. The presentations delivered at the event can be found at the following link and may be of use to other APEC economies: http://www.oas.org/en/sms/cyber/presentations.asp FURTHER MEASURES PLANNED TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS (indicate timeframe) N/A PLEASE DESCRIBE THE APEC CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOUR ECONOMY PARTICIPATED DURING THE LAST YEAR. WHAT BENEFITS DID YOUR ECONOMY DERIVE FROM THESE ACTIVITIES? WHAT FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES WOULD BE USEFUL? N/A WHAT SPECIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS DOES YOUR ECONOMY HAVE THAT HINDER YOUR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS, AND WHAT CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH APEC TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOUR ECONOMY (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) N/A WHAT KIND OF EXPERTISE AND/OR ASSISTANCE COULD YOUR ECONOMY PROVIDE TO OTHER APEC MEMBERS THAT COULD HELP ADDRESS THEIR CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS? PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR ECONOMY COULD PROVIDE (E.G., SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION SHARING, BEST PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, ETC.) N/A

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POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE TO OFFER Contact Point for Assistance and Expertise not included above: Name: ____Pierre-David Jean_________________Title: ___Policy Advisor (Counter-Terrorism), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada__________________________ Telephone Number: 1-613-944-7045___ Fax Number: __1-613-944-4827_________ Email Address: ____pierre-david.jean@international.gc.ca_____ Economies with particular expertise and resources to offer could indicate this here and/or refer members to relevant websites.