Thank you for your question about the Chinook tool.
The situation is somewhat complex at the moment because Parliament has just resumed, but we have submitted a brief to all members to read. I am always available to answer any other questions about this.
Some examples show that the Chinook tool, which has been used since 2018, lacks transparency. One article revealed that, from the outset, the Chinook tool, which was created with no legal oversight, has not kept notes about immigration officers' decisions and has not required officers to look at evidence submitted by applicants seeking temporary residency.
Our recommendation is clear. It is to immediately stop using the Chinook system to take the time to understand the algorithms they relied upon to create the artificial intelligence and make selections. Once it's proven that Chinook is bias-free, it can be used again.
We are tagging this recommendation onto a second one, and we immigrants have been asking IRCC to do this for years. We would like all rules and regulations on which officers base their decisions to be clearly released, because they are making arbitrary decisions and there's a huge lack of transparency.