Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the minister for coming to our committee.
On pages 11 and 12 of the Pollara report on anti-racism, it indicates that there is “[w]idespread...reference to certain African nations [by officials] as 'the dirty 30'...[s]tereotyping Nigerians as particularly corrupt or untrustworthy.” On page 13 of the report, there are concerns that racism impacts the outcome of decisions on immigration applicants by officers. It cites “discriminatory rules” of assessing immigration applicants that are different from those of other nations. Additional financial requirements for Nigeria are one example that was cited.
Based on this, is the minister concerned that the Canada student direct stream requires students to have a guaranteed income certificate of $10,000, but the new Nigeria express program requires a student to have $30,000 in their account for six months?