International Development Research Centre Act

Marginal note:Majority of governors

• 10 (1) The Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and eight other governors must be Canadian citizens.

• Marginal note:Qualification

  (2) At least 10 of the governors must have experience in the field of international development or experience or training in the natural or social sciences or technology.

• Marginal note:Parliamentary governors

  (3) Two of the governors who are Canadian citizens, other than the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson, may be appointed from among the members of the Senate or the House of Commons.

• Marginal note:Salary and expenses

  (4) A member appointed pursuant to subsection (3) shall not be paid remuneration but is eligible for expenses and, if he is a member of the House of Commons, is not, by reason of his being the holder of the office or place in respect of which such expenses are payable, rendered incapable of being elected, or of sitting or voting, as a member of that House.