Citizenship and Immigration committee  Very much so.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The board of CSIC has nine members. Three are public-interest members and six are immigration consultants. The board is set up so that all members now have three-year terms. Terms for three members--two immigration consultants, and one public-interest member--expire every year, s

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Public appointees are appointed by the public members themselves. It's the public members who do the appointments. People can apply. I'm sorry, I should have explained that. After the election, the two consultant-directors who receive the highest number of votes are the ones who

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, they're not appointed by the board. I'll come back to that in a minute. I just was explaining the regions. After it's determined which consultant-directors will fill the two positions, and we know the region that needs to be represented by a public-interest member, advertise

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are three public-interest members. The one whose term is expiring will be part of that group that does the interview and the selection process for the new positions coming on.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't remember all the bylaws, but I think there is provision in the bylaws that a board member can be taken off the board. I don't have the bylaws, so I can't provide the answer on that. The answer I can provide you is just that there are two immigration consultant directors t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  CSIC doesn't have the power to prosecute the unauthorized representatives at this moment because of the construction of the model. One suggestion was that regulations be changed to incorporate. That was one suggestion. The approach CSIC has been taking to this point in time has b

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly I can address some of the questions you're posing there. On the continuing professional development point, it depends on a number of things, in terms of how the program is evaluated, from my knowledge there. It depends on the content, obviously. It also depends on the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can add something in terms of the election process. It was on the website. It's run by an externally appointed what we call senior elections official. The process is very similar to processes put in place for the election of school division officials, trustees, and municipal of

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. Bonjour. My name is Ross Eastley, and I am present today to address the committee in my capacity as the managing director of the new Canadian Migration Institute, CMI. I am here with Dawn Moore, who will be doing part of the presentation, as well.