In order to be recommended for appointment to the employment insurance section of the general division, which is the first level of appeal, the current commissioner for workers and the commissioner for employers, the employment insurance commissioners, as well as the chair of the social security tribunal—these three members together—will form a committee that will make recommendations to the minister in terms of appointments to the employment insurance section. So there is still a component whereby the stakeholders of the program will have an opportunity to recommend appointees.
On May 17th, 2012. See this statement in context.