Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is provision for that. In fact, one of the roles of that information-gathering interview is to make choices about the complexity of the case.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, that's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, it would not be appropriate to conjecture on how a first-level hearing would regard a changed record, except to underscore that the claimant would have the ability to amend that record with the participation of counsel through the disclosure period in advance of the hearing

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll deal with some of the concerns that you have flagged distinctly. First of all, with respect to language, there will be interpretation facilities available. Secondly, in terms of trauma, if there is a claimant who exhibits trauma or vulnerability, or who has special consid

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Eligibility decisions are made in the first three days following the initial filing of the claim. The information gathering interview is essentially intended just to gather information about the claim itself. Under the current system, some information is gathered about the clai

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No decision will come from the information gathering interview. It is meant to gather information about the claim and to prepare the claim for the first-level hearing. Some recommendations can be made from that information gathering interview, such as how the claim will be schedu

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct. The claimant will receive two products as a result of the interview. One will be a USB clip with the actual recording of the interview. The second will be the report that comes out of that interview, which will be made available either at the interview itself or s

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. This would be a question you could also pose again to the chairperson when he returns on Monday, but he has made public statements to that effect: that the information gathering officers would have high-level training and would be fully trained officers of the board.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The first and second questions are related. Why is the time processing standard not in the legislation? Why is it in the rules? Because this deals with an IRB process, it is more appropriate that the time processing standards for IRB processes be reflected in IRB rules. With r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. With respect to the first question regarding the UNHCR guidelines for a safe country of origin, the UNHCR supports—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We'll do the third question first.