Yes, if I understood it correctly. I think that there should be two levels of consultants, ones who are authorized to do processing, and they would need a lower level of education and a lower level of licensing, and then I think the legislation should authorize consultants to appear before the board, but only if they have a higher level of qualification. The way the situation is now, any consultant with a minimal education can appear anywhere, and that's unsatisfactory.
There are some very good consultants who appear at the Immigration and Refugee Board who do work that is as good as many of the lawyers I see, and I would be loath to say that they shouldn't be allowed to do that, but I believe that the educational requirements that are now in place are not sufficient.
I think the focus of any legislative regulatory change should be ensuring that the educational requirements.... This is the point I was trying to make. The government has the power to impose on ICCRC minimal requirements so that a person who appears before the Immigration and Refugee Board has the minimal knowledge necessary to competently represent someone. The ICCRC is not doing that, but it has the power to do that. The government can insist that they do that.