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Citizenship and Immigration committee Okay, sir, I'll begin.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee I came to Canada in 1968 at the age of 18 as a landed immigrant. I attended high school in Guelph, Ontario, where I completed my grade 13. I completed my bachelor's degree from the University of Guelph and I worked as a correctional officer with the Ontario Ministry of Correction
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you. This, Mr. Chairman, is a part of my statement with respect to myself. I have submitted my CV, which I presume the members have. If they have any questions about any of it, I'd be happy to answer.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee Sir, I have to say that the pressing issues are that we do not wish to see the backlog grow again. We wish to make decisions as efficiently and effectively as we can. Essentially, that's the objective. If I was to mention the top concern, that would be it.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee Sir, we have already started to take some action. We have undertaken an initiative in our western region, which we call an integrated approach to dealing with hearings. What this means is that we have cross-appointed members from our immigration appeal division as well as our ref
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee Mr. Chairman, I'll start off by answering that I am learning French. My office is fully bilingual. All instructions or directions that have to be issued are issued in both languages. I have every desire and plan to learn French. With respect to meeting with the partners or stake
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee I'll go first. Mr. Chairman, I was appointed to the Immigration and Refugee Board in June 2004. I applied for the position in January 2002. It went through a series of checks, I would say. My application was first vetted against criteria, I understand, and I was informed that it
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee Sir, in the refugee protection division it's about 26,000.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee In the refugee protection division we are short 45.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee I believe, sir, we're short 10 in the immigration appeal division.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee I'm sorry, sir. I really don't know, only because we've been concentrating on the refugee protection side. But we could get you that information.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee Sorry, sir, we'll have to get that for you. We don't have it with us right at this point.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee If I may, Mr. Chairman, at this point it's approximately 14 months.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee Mr. Chairman, we have recently received some appointments. There have been about 10 or 11 appointments in the last few weeks, and a few reappointments. So we are getting some appointments and we do have some new members we have to train. We are able to do that at this time becaus
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu
Citizenship and Immigration committee No, sir. There was no unusual number of absences on the part of the existing members. There are always a few who are not available, for one reason or another, but not unusual numbers.
June 7th, 2007Committee meeting
Ken Sandhu