"You feel a real sense of responsibility to make decisions respectfully and fairly. The overall experience has been positive, challenging and rewarding."

Bob Curley, Chair, Assistance Appeal Board, Pictou/Antigonish/Guysborough

 

We currently have 36 adjudicative ABCs. Adjudicative ABCs take evidence, make findings of fact and law, and make decisions affecting a person's liberty, security, or legal rights. Board members need to apply legal principles as well as sound professional and technical principles for the decisions under their consideration.

Appointments

Appointments to adjudicative ABCs are governed by the overriding principle of selection based on merit — an objective assessment of the fit between the skills and qualifications of the prospective candidate and the needs of the ABCs. For more information on the adjudicative ABCs appointments process, see Process Overview.