These appointments are being made now to ensure that a strong contingent of well-trained tribunal members are ready to adjudicate claims when the CRT opens at the end of this year. More information about the new tribunal members can be found here:
Read about the appointment of Civil Resolution Tribunal members. Here is the government press release:
http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2015/05/first-members-of-the-civil-resolution-tribunal-appointed.html
Read more from the CRT website:
https: Civil Resolution Tribunal members appointed//www.civilresolutionbc.ca/about-us/tribunal-members/