Thank you, Madam Chair.
To this end, I have three recommendations. First, ensure that Chinook, which I believe runs on automated processes and is artificial intelligence, goes through an algorithmic impact assessment, called an AIA, and other safeguards, such as an independent race equity review. A more public-facing transparent AIA process also needs to be performed before rolling out the expansion of AI to visa offices in Africa and the global south.
Second, I'm a proponent of the regulation of education consulting and recruitment. I take this position knowing that it is perhaps economically unpopular and jurisdictionally difficult given the role provinces also play, yet we are dealing with vulnerable youth and families, often racialized folks, with exorbitant tuition fees being offshored by agents who practise immigration without authorization. Our institutions are far too complicit in this system.
Third, we need to properly study anti-Black racism as a series of mistakes made and lessons learned to help us inform a forward-looking approach to issues such as social capital flight, colonialism and climate migration, and how this will impact immigration moving forward. We need to disaggregate the modern data we have by race and by visa office before we try new policies.
Finally, as you can see by my recommendations, I don't think we should focus solely on improving numbers by however many per cent without tackling the underlying issues. To borrow a medical term in these appropriate times, we should be treating the cause, not the symptoms of the problem.
If I were to summarize and give one overarching, good first tangible step, I would say the appointment of an independent ombudsperson or immigration commission—