Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry; I didn't hear your question.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely, it is.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The IRB is a great institution, and it's one of the things that makes Canada great in the world.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have no comment on the complaints process, as I've never had dealings with it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's what I'm trying to say. The members of the board who are members of the bar and are meant to continue with their law society membership as a condition of their appointment to the board will have to continue the mandatory training, because the law society requires it. If n

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I agree; the other 90% don't have to be, so I'm saying—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, they need to be educated and they need to have competency tests.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The answer is four board members, two in Vancouver and I believe two in Calgary, if my memory serves. They were appointed to the board, and in the western region many of them come from a CBSA background. Unfortunately, some of these CBSA border officers are sometimes more executi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When lawyers do not do mandatory continuing education, they get suspended, so my point is we—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is interesting in the case of the RPD members. About 10% of RPD members are required to be members of a bar and continue their membership with the bar while serving on the board. Technically, a complaint could be lodged to their respective law society that they acted in a wa

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, but those members of—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My name is Bashir Khan, and I'm a Winnipeg refugee law lawyer. I've been doing this since June 2011, since my call to the bar. I have had a chance to deal with a great number of asylum seekers who have entered Manitoba from the United States over the past year. I'm very honoure