I call this meeting to order.
We are meeting in public.
Welcome to meeting number 93 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
Today, for a briefing on recent changes to international student policy and plans for future measures, we have with us the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Marc Miller, along with the officials.
First I would love to welcome, on behalf of the committee members, Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, who is the deputy minister. He's not new to the department. He was the ADM in the department. He moved to other departments and he's come back.
Dr. Kochhar, welcome.
We also have Ms. May with us. She is no stranger to the committee. Welcome to the committee as well.
We also have Aiesha Zafar, who is joining us virtually. Ms. Zafar, welcome to the committee.
We have two honourable members joining us. I would love to acknowledge that they are here with us.
Mike Morrice is here. Welcome to the committee.
Also with us, we have Luc Berthold. Welcome to the meeting.
With this, we will go directly to the minister. You have five minutes for your opening statement. Please go ahead.