Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. We are looking at regularization initiatives that have been undertaken in other countries. Recently, there were some in Italy, Ireland and other countries, so we're looking at all of those, I would say. Right now, the main difference is that those regularization init

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In fact, we are doing that in the sense that on the website “How to report fraud” we did include new instructions. We have updated that website so that genuine students, who feel like they have been impacted by fraud, can signal that to the department. The task force will in fact

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Actually, I would say there was a question about those who had departed prior to their findings of inadmissibility. When we met with the committee in June, we thought that was 10 people. It was, in fact, 13. The task force has reviewed those cases, and six have been found to be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think the minister spoke about this earlier. We're looking at the program broadly. We're looking at enhanced integrity measures. We're looking to a recognized institution model to make sure that institutions that are really stepping up and providing supports are benefiting from

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, the task force reviews all cases. When a person is here on a temporary basis, we immediately award a temporary resident permit immediately after having determined that the person is a genuine student, and the note corroborating our decision is left on file. So if the person

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Those are very individual questions that students should be discussing with their counsel. It's not up to IRCC or CBSA to be giving legal advice. The work of the task force is to determine whether there was genuineness in terms of the study-permit process. We are intervening and

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say that the immigration process is very separate from individual decisions to pursue something in court or not. We can only speak to the immigration side.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On the exponential growth in this program, there's no question that it just keeps growing and growing. As the minister noted, there is no cap on the temporary resident pathways. It is something that we're very cognizant of and concerned about. It's creating, in some communities,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. The plan to develop a list of recognized institutions is being worked on. We held preliminary consultations with a number of institutions earlier this summer to obtain information, such as the type of support they provide to the foreign students they accept, and to id

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, absolutely. Case reviews proceed very quickly. In the event that a student has not yet received a decision from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, we put a note on their file in the Global Case Management System, the GCMS. If a student applies for permanent residen

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The note is left in the system. If the student applies for permanent residence, the note will be very obvious and the officer will see it right away.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a requirement for students to let us know if they change institutions. When they do let us know, we capture that information within GCMS, but unfortunately, it's not extractable in a way that we can easily report on. It is an area we're looking at enhancing, and we do ge

Citizenship and Immigration committee  IRCC won't process applications that are submitted by consultants in Canada who are not licensed or that aren't submitted from counsel.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The college, which was established in 2021, and the act that led to the establishment of that college are really clear on who can operate as a consultant in Canada and what criteria they need to meet. The college has a registry published on their website.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Yes, I certainly can. The task force was established immediately after being announced by the minister. It includes an IRCC assistant deputy minister, a Canada Border Services Agency assistant deputy minister, four directors general and some 30 analysts, by which I me