Citizenship and Immigration committee  First of all, the recommendation in the report was that the merging of those two bodies be considered; we did not recommend that it take place immediately. The reason, as you can see, is that the roles of those two different boards deal with different competencies. That said, we

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The recommendation was that the minister and the chair of the IRB be responsible for identifying and appointing an equal number of members of that board. The actual number would be for consideration from an operational point of view by the IRB.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and honourable members of the committee. Mr. Chairman, honourable members of the committee, l am pleased to appear before you to answer any questions you may have concerning the report entitled “Governor in Council Appointments Process—Immigration and