Unfortunately, I would say that Canada has not had a lead. We don't have a federal ministry of education. I really worry about IRCC taking over as a de facto ministry of education and entering this arena. We do not have a ministry of education, which becomes a challenge when looking at the internationalization of higher education nationally.
However, earlier on, the Department of Foreign Affairs did take a lead, but there are several departments that have pieces of this puzzle of internationalization. There are ministries that look at research and innovation. There are other ministries that look at immigration and other ministries that look at global affairs. It is a very disparate file, which creates challenges for us. This is why I said that we can look at other models to see how we can have better coordination.
