Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for their presentations.
One of the issues with students, of course, is that when they make an application they often get rejected. This has been demonstrated with franco-Africans making applications, and there are concerns with internal biases, even possibly discrimination, in the evaluation of the applications.
One issue that has surfaced in our discussion is the notion of dual intent. IRCC indicates clearly that for your study you are able to stay, or you could choose to stay, or there are options to stay. However, people often get rejected on their applications because IRCC does not believe they will return at the end of their study.
In the process of recruitment with the agents who are working with these students, how much do they push the notion that Canada can be a destination where the students can, in fact, stay after their studies?
I will ask this question of both of the witnesses.