That definitely doesn't explain why you haven't met them because that's very recent.
Here's a factor that has had a major impact: the high refusal rate for students from African countries, most of which are francophone countries. We know the rate's the same for anglophone and francophone African countries, but, since African countries constitute a larger portion of the francophone immigration pool, it's very hard to reach the targets if there's a high refusal rate.
Then why do we deny temporary permits to so many students from those countries?
We're told that's related more to GDP. It's definitely hard to recruit more francophone immigrants if we can't solve that problem.