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Citizenship and Immigration committee Certainly. The intention is that for the group that works to inform the advisory panel, the resources have been set aside for a monitoring and analysis unit within CIC. Its job will be to be monitor country conditions around the world, including, and in particular, the conditions of countries that become designated countries of origin.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes, designated countries of origin. I'll just read it to you: The Minister may cancel a designation made under subsection 109.1(1) of the act without consulting the advisory panel of experts. So the minister, in response to country conditions, can overnight de-designate a country from the designated country of origin list.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee It would make us less responsive—
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee —to changing conditions.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee I think at this time it would be premature to judge the regulation. What we've put forward so far is to suggest the minister can de-designate. My understanding is that the minister will return with regulations close to the pre-publication period, for the discussion.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee Are you asking me if we can put a piece in the regulations about having the advisory panel review on a regular basis?
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee I think it would make it specific in the regulation.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee We can certainly consider it. I can't commit to putting it in at this point. We have to consult our minister.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes, and I'll answer. It is currently, it will be, and if BQ-5.1 is adopted everyone will get access to an appeal on an individual basis.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee I don't know how you could come to the conclusion that each case is not individually assessed. It is--
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee At the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee With BQ 5.01 and BQ 5.1 we'll have two tools to accelerate processing. One is based on a country of origin accelerated processing. The other is done on an individual basis: as the case is found to be manifestly unfounded, that's another way to accelerate it. So we will have two complementary tools to accelerate processing.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes. It's in BQ-5.01. The definition being used here is that the manifestly unfounded complainant is one whose claim is clearly fraudulent.
June 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Peter MacDougall