Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm going to defer this question to Professor Rehaag. He's done a fair bit of research on this area. We talked about this issue, and I really liked his answers.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  CARL's position is that it should be tried out. I really hate to disagree with my colleague.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly from our perspective we're not saying they need to be refugee lawyers, but having a significant complement of refugee lawyers on the board is important, people with the legal training. They might not have practised in refugee law, but they have the training in order to

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a tough one, but I know many refugee lawyers who have done that, who've decided that it's worth making that commitment for a few years. It's very difficult, but I do think term limits on GIC appointments are important.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thanks very much. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about this important study. I'm here for the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, which is a voluntary association of about 300 refugee lawyers, academics, and law students across Canada. I'd like to