Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair and esteemed members of the committee, first of all, Happy International Women's Day. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the work we have been doing at the ICCRC. We are pleased to be here and to answer any questions you may

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, ma'am. Under both the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, as well as our contribution agreement, we report to the government on September 30 each year.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We provide information on changes to our governance structure and bylaw and regulatory amendments within our own system. We also provide statistics on complaints and professional standards over the past year.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Under our publication policy, the disciplinary committee, as part of its findings, determines whether to publish or not to publish names. That is consistent with all regulatory bodies. There is a section on our website that outlines publication, with names, of serious offences,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a section of disciplinary notices that's on our website.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will be happy to provide the link to the clerk.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The council has an administrator, who is a staff person who receives complaints. That individual spent 29 years at the College of Nurses of Ontario in complaints. She receives complaints, vets the complaint form and ensures that it's complete and correct, and then assigns it to a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have a chart for you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The council receives approximately 300 complaints a year, split between complaints and allegations against members and those against non-members, which we refer on to CBSA.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have heard of that. The jurisdiction of the council is only, as the committee has already heard, to discipline and regulate its own members. We have no lawful authority to go after individuals, whether in Canada or outside of Canada, who are not regulated by the council. That i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If the council receives a complaint and we determine that the person is not a licensed consultant or member of a law society, with that complainant's permission, we prepare the information that we have available to us and forward it to CBSA for their consideration. In many case

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, I don't. I am aware of certain very specific cases where I have been asked to provide a certificate, and a number of months or a year later the investigating officer at CBSA has contacted me, thanked the council for its assistance in the prosecution, and advised of t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Specifically, if this particular individual is not a licensed consultant, a ghost, who is threatening this individual, again, with information of that nature that comes to the council, we would seek permission from that individual to refer the complaint to CBSA. Otherwise, if the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The person is a licensed consultant.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With ghost consultants, again, we do not have legal authority to go after or prosecute people who are not licensed by us. We provide information to CBSA for their consideration and potential prosecution.