Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank all the witnesses here with us today.
First, I'd like to speak to Mr. Rousson, rector of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
Mr. Rousson, I must admit that I'm guilty of plagiarism, and I'd like to apologize. I used some of your statistical data last week when we heard from officials from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.
I asked them a question based on your statistics and received the following answer: [O]ur department is always reviewing ways to address Quebec's concerns about approval rates for international students. In 2021, of all students who declared English or French as an official language, 50% of those destined to Quebec declared French. When comparing the approval rates for students with French as a declared language, they're very similar: 41% to Quebec and 40% to the rest of Canada. This also holds true for the approval rate between the declared language for French and English students destined to Quebec. The overall approval rate for students destined to Quebec is 41%, and it's about 62% for the rest of Canada.
My question is simple. How do you react to that response, to those statistics, which clearly show a major difference between Quebec and Canada, between francophones and anglophones?
In particular, what are the consequences for UQAT in terms of attendance rates, planning and profitability?