Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the officials for once again being here with us.
Witnesses have testified multiple times now at this committee that the refusal rates for African students are really high and unacceptable. There is an undertone of racism and discrimination at IRCC.
Earlier in this meeting, the Minister of Immigration also indicated that Chinook is just a tool to organize case information. He mentioned something about it being a spreadsheet.
If an IRCC officer is not being influenced in their decision by Chinook, and if there are no algorithms in Chinook, then does the issue lie in IRCC officers being discriminatory or racist?