With respect to the eight-day proposed timeline for triage interviews, I need to emphasize that this is not a confrontational, adversarial context, nor is it a context where somebody is sitting down in front of an agent of the CBSA where they might feel some degree of hostility. This is in front of a highly trained public servant at the IRB. The idea is to allow the claimant to have an opportunity to combine the key high-level elements of the claim in a friendly environment. If there are signs of trauma, if there are indications that critical evidence won't be available, the decision-maker would have the capacity to recommend a hearing at a later date than 60 days. If the claimant wants, counsel would be able to be present.
On May 4th, 2010. See this statement in context.