Mr. Speaker, we have learned that Pharès Pierre, former chief of staff to the prime minister of Haiti under the controversial regime of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, has been made an IRB commissioner. The Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism has appointed an individual who was a member of a government that practised torture and who was involved in atrocities.
The minister cannot hide behind the fact that it was an IRB recommendation, since he makes the final decision. Can he explain why he made such an appointment?