Thank you, Madam Chair.
We're seeing fewer asylum claims made by former students. Fewer LOA verifications in 2025 produced no match results than in 2024, so that's suggesting the system is not only catching fraud but also deterring it. Requiring students to apply for a new study permit when they transfer schools allows us to gather up-to-date data and information, and that helps us with the student compliance pieces.
I think the pilot that the deputy was speaking about is something that will be very concrete, and we're working actively with our colleagues in CBSA.
Just to expand a little bit on what the deputy said, we're talking about letters, so the concept is to send a letter before and send a letter after, and then we would have an alert on file that would show misrepresentation. If the CBSA, again, were being constrained from an enforcement point for the removal stream, we could catch them if they ever applied for another application, and there would be more specific consequences, like the five-year bar. We're trying to be a lot more proactive—help us help you. We want to have the right people in Canada, but if they're not following the rules, then they should not be here.
