In April 2026, Adam appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to testify on Canada’s immigration security screening system. Drawing on his paper published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Fixing a Broken System: Canada’s Immigration Security Screening, Adam argued that the fragmented multi-agency model dividing screening responsibilities among IRCC, CBSA, CSIS, and the RCMP is structurally incapable of producing consistent security outcomes.
His testimony proposed four concrete reforms: the creation of an Immigration Security Coordination Centre with a unified real-time database and single-point accountability; a continuous vetting regime for applicants throughout the immigration lifecycle; modernization of IRPA’s inadmissibility framework to address contemporary threats; and mandatory timelines for security referrals backed by enforceable consequences.
