Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm happy to answer that question. Under the statute, the composition of the board would be set by the minister, who would have the authority to appoint the public interest directors, but also appoint up to a majority of public interest directors, so elected members would still

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They would be able to become an elected member if elected by the membership to represent the members on the board.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, if you look at the transitional provisions in the bill, they set out what the initial board composition will be as the transition phase goes on and the college is fully set up. It would be a nine-member board with five members who are public interest directors appointed by t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Under the initial board composition, the public interest directors would form a majority and be a very strong voice on that board.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The definition under section 91 of IRPA would not change. Who is allowed to provide that advice would change, obviously, once the new college is fully established. I don't have it in front of me. I believe it says “for consideration”, so it doesn't speak to fees, necessarily, but

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would add there's an infinite number of fact scenarios. If a non-profit is receiving funding in some way to provide those services, then that would be for consideration.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, our existing application kits and forms require people to declare when they are using a representative of some kind. There's a form called the “use of a representative” form, which they have to fill out. If they're providing the name of a consultant, they have to inc

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly subsection 43(1) does specify that it's the minister, and that any further changes proposed by the board would have to be approved by the minister. The code of conduct is not set out in the statute, because that would require legislative amendment every time it needed

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That would also be set with bylaws, by the board, which would encompass both public interest directors appointed by the minister as well as elected members. The board would set up the bylaws that would establish the conditions for someone's licence, which might include, for examp

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Under the bill, in what we expect to be the code of conduct, we expect there will be obligations to abide by bylaws or conditions of your licence or qualifications in order to be practising as a consultant. For example, if you're not abiding by those things, there could be conseq

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I would add that the disciplinary committee's decisions also would be published so that others could know about it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think I would underscore that fundamentally, this is quite a different governance regime compared to the status quo. Currently, the regulator is set up under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, as someone alluded to earlier, which is essentially a generic governance fra

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There would be the authority to establish tiered licensing. Essentially, tiered licensing is establishing tiers for those practising, both in terms of eligibility requirements and the scope of practice. For example, someone may have a limited scope of practice to advise on inter

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely: they would still have the normal recourse that they currently have available.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, the act sets out that there would be a bylaw authority to establish that so that it could be addressed, similar to law societies.