A report came out last week suggesting it might be more efficient to have the initial decision on a refugee claim made by an IRCC officer—as opposed to an IRB officer—using the IRB just for the appeal process. The argument is that this is the same process for all other immigration claims. With initial decision-making and the appeal process in the same agency, there's a potential for a serious conflict of interest. Can you expand on your thoughts on that proposal?
On April 17th, 2018. See this statement in context.