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Citizenship and Immigration committee As I mentioned, we're working very closely with them to try to figure out where we should target out of the hundreds and hundreds of applicants, what regions have the greatest need, and what types of candidates they're looking for.
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee There's a division in the legislation in terms of which organizations or which mechanisms are used to appoint, and that's how it's set out in the legislation.
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee I don't believe so. I wouldn't really be in a position to comment on a policy decision.
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee Honestly, I couldn't say the date off the top of my head. As I said, it's a constant intake model. We could check and get back to you with the exact date we posted it. We do often put a date in there. There's nothing like a deadline to focus the mind, so we often put a deadline i
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee Certainly.
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee Fair enough.
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee The one thing I would say to the committee in terms of the vacancies, and I think Mr. Aterman was beginning to explain this a bit to Mr. Tilson, is that there is nothing specific in the legislation in terms of the number of positions that have to be filled. The vacancies you see,
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee I would point to two sections in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that deal specifically with termination of members, and I can speak only to the Governor in Council appointees, because we do not work with the IRB in terms of public servants. What I would say, Madame
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee Right. These appointees at the Immigration and Refugee Board serve at good behaviour, and to be quite frank, the only way they can be removed is for cause. So you have to assess, and when I say assess, I mean an investigation has to be conducted to make a determination—
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee The bar would have to be that they had done something that went well beyond the terms and conditions of appointment, or that was not consistent with the manner in which we expect GIC appointees to conduct themselves. We would look to the minister to provide the GIC appointee with
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee It's quite in-depth, as I said, particularly for those who serve at good behaviour. We would be expected to make a clear determination of cause, and in order to do so, we would have to do an investigation, and again, it would be triggered by the minister making a recommendation t
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee Mr. Chair, I do believe, and I would emphasize with the committee, that, as I mentioned, I know you're focused on the IRB, but we've had over 20—
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee Absolutely, yes. For sure.
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont
Citizenship and Immigration committee Sure. In terms of appointments, I would just say we've had tremendous interest from Canadians across the country with regard to the appointments we've had. I couldn't get into specifics. I could say, in orders of magnitude, there have been well over 500 applications for the IRB.
March 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Donnalyn McClymont