There will be an incredible impact.
For the early childhood education program, since international students make up 50% of our student body, it means that we will be losing 50% of new enrolments in that program. So we will lose half of the students in that field.
But we are one of the largest providers of francophone educators in Ontario, if not the largest. If Collège Boréal has its enrolments and graduates cut by half, what will the consequences be for child care and the economy? Often, access to $10 a day child care services is what makes it possible for moms and dads to go out to work. So there is going to be a huge crisis.
There will also be an impact on the four-year bachelor's degree in nursing program we offer. Students enrolled in the practical nursing program, a two-year program, are eligible for a study permit issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, but students enrolled in the bachelor's in nursing program are not. That means that we will not be able to graduate as many nurses.
But the fact is that there is a huge shortage of francophone and bilingual nurses in Ontario. Operating rooms are having to close because of the shortage of nurses. As we know, the population of some communities in Ontario is 35% to 40% francophone. If they do not have these francophone and bilingual nurses, the crisis will be enormous. This will be a real loss to our communities.