The way it works right now is that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office works with the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada to set out the exams to become a patent or trademark agent. At the completion of that examination process, which is jointly run by the profession and the office, they receive accession to being put on the registry to be able to act before the office.
The process right now and those exams are conducted by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office in conjunction with volunteers from the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada.