International Development Research Centre Act

Marginal note:Majority of governors

• 10 (1) The Chairperson, the Vice-chairperson and at least six other governors must be Canadian citizens.

• Marginal note:Qualification

  (2) At least eight 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 under subsection (3) shall not be paid remuneration but is eligible for expenses and, if he or she is a member of the House of Commons, is not, by reason of being the holder of the office or place in respect of which those expenses are payable, rendered incapable of being elected, or of sitting or voting, as a member of that House.