The number of students is still higher than the number of unemployed youth in Canada, which is a problem.
I want to go to the Auditor General's report. She flagged weaknesses in IRCC's response to the study permit fraud and to non-compliance. With this program, you've removed a key control—that is, the provincial attestation letters aren't required for these grad students.
Plus, you're committing to process these files in 14 days. My office has files that take months and years to process from IRCC. What shortcuts are being taken by the department to get the processing down to 14 days?
