Thank you, Madam Chair.
Hello, my name is Lou Janssen Dangzalan, and I am speaking to you from Toronto. I acknowledge that I am in the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of New Credit.
I have provided a brief submission that includes appendices and tables that provide more detail on the data from the disclosures by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or IRCC.
I'm basing this on statistics, and I'll highlight a few key facts.
I'd like to clarify a few troubling statistics, and I refer you to appendix A of the brief.
In appendix B, there is a map of the world that shows a very high refusal trend for countries in Africa, especially in West Africa, where we find the French‑speaking countries. The reason for Africa's underperformance is a mystery. I refer you again to appendix A. We have analyzed whether there is a relationship between the acceptance rate—