Michelle Rempel at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

Thank you, Chair.

I move that Bill C-12 be amended by adding after line 30 on page 32 the following new clause:

75.1 Subsection 157(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(2) The Chairperson must live in Canada.

Colleagues, currently the board chair of the IRB is required simply to live in the national capital region. Our amendment opens it up to ensure that more Canadians from all regions are considered when appointing the board chair.