Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, my understanding is that it's been extremely rare, and I think there may be a handful of cases at best over the past 10 years, and maybe one or two that I might be aware of.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The only tool that we would really have to make a recommendation, once it's come from a minister, would be if there were an issue that arises in the context of due diligence. I wouldn't really be able to divulge to the committee the number of occasions that we've done that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a little over 5%. It's quite comparable to what we are seeing in the general GIC community. I would say it's a little bit lower for persons with disabilities.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure, we can provide you those stats. I should just clarify, though, the number around the applications. I was speaking specifically about the most recent, and it's well over 500. We could look at giving you the total of applicants we've had on the IRB side since the new process.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would hazard it's over 1,000.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't want to give you a set period of time because we do it as quickly as we can with the resources we have with our colleagues at the IRB. I would say very quickly for you that I would focus on the assessment, because I think that's quite important in making sure that we have

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Our expectation, Mr. Chair, would certainly be that the IRB was there to represent the perspectives of the organization. That would be the expectation: that they would bring that information to the table.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's not set in any kind of requirement, but it is certainly the expectation that we would have that—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say that it is technically possible, but I would also say that we do solid reference checks. We also have, as I said, our four-corner check that we do with our colleagues in security operations. That also includes media scans. We try to get a pretty good sense of the indi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. That was a bit coded. You're absolutely right. The expectation there, as I was explaining to Mr. Tilson, is that if the minister felt quite strongly there was reason to remove someone for cause, they would bring that to the GIC's attention, as the GIC is the one who w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —but only the minister would bring it. You wouldn't get it through a regular feedback process from the annual performance reviews within the IRB. The IRB may come forward to us to say, “We think we've hit the bar of cause” in terms of what's happening with a particular GIC appoi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I would point to the legislation, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. You may be aware of section 178, which gives the minister the authority to assess, if the chair comes forward for remedial or disciplinary actions. There is quite a formal provision in the legislat

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say, as I mentioned to Mr. Tilson, it's a pretty high bar for removal for somebody, a good behaviour appointee, and it has—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Right, for disciplinary action, yes. Again, I wouldn't want to comment on what the IRB has done in terms of administrative tribunal, but the legislation does give very clear powers for the chair to set out the structure of how he or she wants to manage the organization, and the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's got the removal in terms—