Citizenship and Immigration committee  Because I don't oversee their training, I can't speak to the details of it, but the education plan for justices of the peace is posted on the review council's website. My understanding is that, since 2007, justices of the peace do receive very extensive training when they are app

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, I'm sorry to have to clarify. Justices of the peace who are sitting on the review council and dealing with complaints...?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll just tell you how we do strengthen the review process. In the course of hearings—and sometimes not hearings, but usually in hearings—they tend to be represented by lawyers, so issues may arise that show something in the procedures that could be improved, refined, or clarifie

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I apologize, I only learned about this on Friday, so I didn't have a chance to research the structure of the IRB. I'm sorry that I don't know that. If I'd had time, I would have researched that. My experience is that having the input of three people with different perspectives i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At the same time that this format of the Justices of the Peace Review Council was established in 2007, a more rigorous appointments process was put in place. In the time I've been there, I certainly have seen hearings occur, and I've seen all of those dispositions pretty much imp

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In the case of the Justices of the Peace Review Council, it should, in particular, be independent of the government. The government should not be perceived to be influencing or having any role in the outcome, so that it is independent of the government. That is why the chief just

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would add a couple of things to that. The process is confidential unless the threshold is reached where a public hearing is ordered.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. As well, if it's a serious enough complaint to warrant a hearing, the hearing is public. Right now, for example, I think we have three or four public hearings under way.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. It always has three at the investigative stage—a different three if it's serious enough to warrant a hearing. It's important to have someone on each of those bodies, which the judge and justice of the peace do. They provide an understanding of the work of the person who's be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, honourable Chair. Good morning, honourable members. Thank you for the invitation to have a representative of the Justices of the Peace Review Council attend before the committee. As the chair indicated, my name is Marilyn King. I am the Registrar of the Review Cou