This committee has previously been told that linguistic expectations of francophone immigrants should be lowered. They've been educated in Canada and have the same language level as Canadian francophones, in some instances even higher levels. Some Canadian francophones can't pass those tests.
Minister, I'd like to congratulate you on the decline in the refusal rates relative to last year's rates. My colleague spoke to you about the challenges that North African students must overcome in order to come to Canada. However, the figures that you gave are quite high.
Would you please tell us about the announcement that was recently made about the change in the refusal rate for francophone students from Africa?