Sure.
That's one of the recommendations that World Education Services is making, because there is inconsistency. You call it “dual intent”. We call it “the catch-22 situation”, because, in fact, when students put in an application to come in as students, they have to demonstrate that they will study and return. Yet, on the other side, we do want young people to come to our country to study, get the work experience and stay, because we have a population that's aging, with not enough young people coming into the system. That becomes a really difficult issue for students: Should they basically lie on the application, or should they tell the truth and then be rejected?
When we were looking at this particular issue, we looked at the province of Nova Scotia. They started a pilot program called Study and Stay. They were very transparent with students: “You come here to study, and we will make sure that you stay, and we'll provide mentoring and other supports.” The program was not just oversubscribed.... They found that a lot of students appreciated this and actually stayed in the province. They're going to expand this program through 2022.
The question that I put on the table, and it's a recommendation that we're making, is that the government—not just IRCC, but the government—should provide transparent and consistent information to international students. The policy coherence around individuals coming to study and the criteria for keeping people here, because we want them to contribute, should balance. It is a recommendation that we shouldn't give dual messages to individuals. We should have clarity. If we want students to stay, we should say, “Yes, please stay. If you come as a student, we will encourage you to stay.”