b'1 ABOUT THE TRIBUNALOUR COMMITMENT THE TRIBUNALS VALUESTO CANADIANSService ExpertiseMission Impartiality RespectIndependence IntegrityThe Tribunal seeks to foster better access Competence Transparencyto justice in the exercise of its administrative independence. The Tribunal safeguards the fairness, reliability and integrity of the agriculture and agri-food administrativeTRIBUNAL JURISDICTIONmonetary penalty regime to protect publicAND MANDATEhealth, animal welfare and plant life.The Tribunal is a federal quasi-judicialVision administrative tribunal and has exclusiveThe Tribunal, through its modern andjurisdiction to determine all matters relating innovative practices, offers the Canadianto the validity of administrative monetary public an impartial, independent, fair penalties imposed for violations in theand expeditious review of the validity agriculture and agri-food sector. The process of administrative monetary penalties. begins upon receiving a request for review and ends once the Tribunal makes a decision.Objectives The Tribunal falls within the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canadas port-The Tribunal is embarked on a process offolio and is composed of four members, modernization with the objective to leveragenominated by the Governor in Council, and new technologies to exercise its agriculturewhose decision-making role is achieved and agri-food expertise, thus distinguishingindependently. The Chairperson is also res-itself as an innovative and dynamicponsible for liaising with the Administrative administrative tribunal. Tribunals Support Service of Canada to ensure that the Tribunal is provided withthe administrative support necessary tofulfil its legislative mandate.4 CANADA AGRICULTURAL REVIEW TRIBUNAL'