In that same report, you also addressed the question of the performance of IRB members. I imagine that it must be difficult to evaluate that type of work. Besides the number of cases processed, there are not a great deal of quantitative measures.
Has any work been done to assess the consistency of the decisions? That is an important question for the integrity of the system. Does a given situation always lead to the same decision? I can give you the example of two brothers from Palestine who came to Canada at the same time, who had the same arguments, the same attorney, and the same file. However, one brother's file was accepted by one member, while the other brother's application was denied by another member.
Have measures been put in place? Does the government do any monitoring? Is this type of incident exceptional? Many of us claim that this clear lack of consistency in the decisions is a recurring problem.