Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'm going to disagree with my colleague Mr. Ali. On the contrary, I want to congratulate opposition members and the members of all parties in the House of Commons who have raised this matter. I want to highlight the work the media have done to raise this issue in the public space. Lastly, I want to highlight the way the situation has been managed by the minister, whom I also thank for being here today. I think we'll be on the right track regarding the people concerned by this situation.
What interests me is the overall picture. How have we come to this? How can we ensure that this doesn't happen again? There must be mechanisms, firewalls as it were, that enable us to prevent this kind of situation.
My questions will be related to what has happened. How can we deal with this? What's not working right now? How does this kind of situation arise?
Most of the students who filed resident visa applications did so through a consulting firm. Was Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada aware of that firm before this situation occurred.