Thank you, Madam Chair.
Through you, I'd like to thank the minister for taking the time to be here and for responding to our questions in committee. I also want to congratulate him on what he tabled in the House this week on immigration.
My first question around the study we've been doing is with respect to African students from francophone countries. I know that our government has had a strong plan to increase francophone immigration across Canada. Given that 60% of francophones are in Africa, what are your thoughts on the rate of refusals for African students in French-speaking countries? Given the numbers we've seen, what plans would we have moving forward to correct that?