Thank you, Chair.
Two years ago I asked your predecessor Sean Fraser at this committee about including Bangladeshi students in the student direct stream. At that time, I was told it was a priority and, after my asking multiple questions, I was told that it would eventually be done by the fall of 2022. Well, obviously, it's the fall of 2023. This hasn't been done yet.
My message to the Bangladeshi community at this point is that your government doesn't care about you because you have no intentions of implementing this.
Will SDS be in place by December 31 of this year, or will you be honest and stop stringing Bangladeshi students along?