Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To Mr. Nurse, the committee has heard testimony that some consultants—and that's whom we're studying of course, not lawyers—are incompetent, poorly educated and, as you've said, in some cases, dishonest.
My understanding is that if you're a lawyer, you can report cases to whatever the provincial law society is, and the law society can take action.
There was a story in the Toronto Star of three lawyers. One was suspended for six months, or one year if he continued practising refugee law. Another was fined and disbarred. The third was suspended for five months and banned from practising refugee law for two years. The law society obviously has very strict procedures if there are complaints and an investigation.
To your knowledge, what happens with the consultants? What happens with the regulator? I don't hear of regulators taking very stiff action, as the law societies do.