This is really important. I'm glad you brought your personal experience to bear. I think it illustrates the question that I wrestle with every day on this particular issue.
The purpose of a study permit is to bring people who want to study at a legitimate learning institution so that they can develop their skills and potentially even apply to become a permanent resident subsequently. If we increase or remove the cap on hours altogether through a study permit, I expect that we would see a lot of people then try to come in not for the purpose of studying but for the purpose of working. We have other immigration streams that are designed specifically to allow for people to come here to work.
I do think that because of the urgent nature of dealing with the labour shortage, we need to look at all options to get people to work in the short term, but I think we have to maintain our focus to ensure that whatever we do on the limit of hours worked, it's to promote that person's ability to gain a quality education in Canada so that we can protect the integrity of the international student program. In particular, I have concerns on work-integrated learning opportunities—