Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, but there's nothing to that effect in section 110.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, but if the RAD is an appeal division, you don't need that. The whole point is you don't need these technical grounds. If it's an appeal division, it is sitting in the same position as the original decision-maker.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They wouldn't be superior, but they might be more expert in the specific subject area. There are some wonderful judges on the Federal Court who will be the first to tell you that they deal with intellectual property, admiralty, and all these other issues.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. The Federal Court would have the expertise in law, I agree with you, but the difference between the Federal Court jurisdiction and the RAD jurisdiction is that the Federal Court jurisdiction can only review and quash an erroneous decision or uphold a correct decision. The RA

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The whole purpose of the RAD is to eliminate in as many cases as possible the need to refer the cases back and to get to the decision.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The record and submissions, and submissions that would identify errors in the record.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely, the processes are very, very similar. I agree with you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, but as I said to you before, if the RAD is doing its job properly and the members are people who are genuinely expert in the subject area, one can reasonably anticipate that the Federal Court will grant considerable deference and will not grant leave in as many cases. Theref

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The RAD's jurisdiction.... The RAD, because it's an appeal authority, would be able to reverse on error if there were outrageous errors—factual errors, misinterpretation of the country conditions, and things like that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It can overturn it and send it back for re-hearing, but the RAD, because it has the subject matter expertise, can actually enter the right decision.