There's nothing in the legislation today about the role of members of Parliament in any of the decision-making responsibilities under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. These are all administrative arrangements that are put in place.
In the decision-making process, the person has the right to make any submissions of evidence or information they wish. If they make a submission to the board before the decision-maker has made a decision, certainly the member is expected to take that into account. If the member did not take that information into account, then any decision would be subject to judicial review in the Federal Court. So there are ways to correct any failure of a decision-maker under the act to take into account the information submitted to him.
I don't know your experience in terms of contacting pre-removal risk assessment officers. I am not surprised to hear that the officers do not return your call. The appropriate--