Very well. Thank you for that.
In September 2022, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, in response to a report by the Committee on the inequity between Francophone African students and the rest of international students, admitted that there was indeed racism within its own department when it came to processing applications from Francophone students from Africa, in particular. Yet the same discriminatory criteria are used when processing applications from French-speaking foreign students from Africa to determine whether or not there is fraud in a student’s file. This worries me.
Because the government has admitted that there is racism within the Department of Citizenship and Immigration when processing certain applications, I would like to know if you think there is racism or unconscious bias when processing cases of fraud within your organization. I’d like to be reassured on this point. I’m asking you to clarify this because many people listening or watching would like to hear from you on this subject.