Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Greetings to the Commissioner, who is back before our committee.
Once again, my first question concerns Africa.
Mr. Théberge, as you mentioned earlier and discussed in your report, you want to target certain recruitment pools, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where 68% of the world's French-language speakers live.
However, Carol Jolin told this committee during a previous study that it wasn't unusual for an applicant from sub-Saharan Africa to have to cross six countries to file an application. Moïse Zahoui also told us that there was a glaring lack of visa offices.
In light of that testimony, is the government doing enough to recruit francophone immigrants?
Should we change our approach to Africa?
Could increasing the number of visa offices be part of the solution?