Which organization was established to provide quick and fair hearings for refugee claims?

• A. Immigration and Refugee Board
• B. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
• C. Canadian Security Intelligence Service
• D. Supreme Court

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is recognizing the body that hears and decides refugee protection claims in a fair and timely way. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada is an independent tribunal set up to hear refugee protection claims and related immigration matters, providing due process through formal hearings. In particular, the Refugee Protection Division conducts these hearings, weighs the evidence, and makes decisions on whether someone qualifies as a refugee under Canadian law and the refugee conventions. Other options don’t fit this role: a commission on Aboriginal Peoples deals with Indigenous issues, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service handles intelligence, and the Supreme Court handles appeals and constitutional questions, not refugee determinations.