A list of members may be found at:
http://www.npb-cnlc.gc.ca/org/bmlist_e.htm
Openings for positions on the various regional parole boards are advertised in the Canada Gazette and applications are submitted.
Selection criteria:
http://www.npb-cnlc.gc.ca/org/bmselcr_e.htm
The Solicitor General appoints the members to the NPB from interested applicants but has no operational control over its decisions:
The decision to grant a pardon is covered by the provisions of the federal Privacy Act. Thus there is no public record available of the application or the decision unlike a court conviction or parole decision.
There is no requirement that a person applying for a pardon show any remorse - this is not a parole hearing.
The applicant for a pardon has fully served his time and if he has completed the required statutory statutory time limit without further encounters with the courts (referred to as a "conviction- free period") then a pardon is pretty much automatic.
If I recall correctly Eagleson was convicted under the summary conviction procedures and as such there is absolutely no discretion in the Parole Board to refuse a pardon if he meets the statutory requirements. Parliament made that clear when they enacted the legislation:
Once the Board is satisfied an applicant meets the statutory criteria, then the pardon is granted.