It absolutely does, and not just at the IRB, but also across the public sector. We've seen a decline in the mental health of employees as a result of being constantly asked to do more with less. Being underfunded at the IRB for years has affected the entire board. The amount of stress and the amount of pressure to produce is no doubt affecting people's health. It's affecting the quality of their work. We're being pressured to move toward making faster decisions and having more paper-based processes instead of giving the asylum process the respect it's due by properly resourcing it. We've been understaffed for years at all levels. Even with two-year funding it's going to take at least six months for a decision-maker to start feeling really confident in that boardroom, so between trying to recruit them and training them, the money is almost gone. There has to be longer-term funding.
On April 24th, 2018. See this statement in context.