IRB members must often wait a very long time to find out whether their mandate will be renewed; could you please remind the committee members of the consequences that this can have on their work? I don't recall the figures, but you provided us with statistics on the time it takes for IRB members to find out whether their mandate has been renewed. In some cases, it was not until their mandate had actually come to an end.
On November 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.