I move:
That, in light of the findings in the 2026 Report of the Auditor General of Canada entitled “International Student Program Reforms,” and given the additional concerns identified regarding oversight, enforcement, and integrity within the international student visa system, the committee write to the Auditor General to request that she expand the scope of her International Student Program Reforms performance audit to include:
(a) the processes and effectiveness of coordination between the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and the Canada Border Services Agency in tracking international students with expired visas, including data collection, information sharing, assessment for removal, and actual removals from Canada;
(b) the extent of non-compliance by designated learning institutions, including failure to report on student compliance, the identification of repeat offenders, and the application and effectiveness of enforcement measures;
(c) the adequacy of procedures for verifying financial documentation submitted by applicants, including the detection, flagging, and subsequent use of fraud indicators across immigration applications;
(d) the extent to which processing officers fail to act on or record indicators of potential fraud identified by learning institutions, and the implications for reapplication and enforcement measures;
(e) the effectiveness and integrity of risk assessment processes across all international student application streams, including the identification and mitigation of risks prior to and following permit approval;
(f) the handling of confirmed fraudulent cases identified by risk assessment units, including the absence of file flagging, enforcement actions taken or not taken, and the approval of subsequent immigration applications;
(g) the approval practices for study permit extensions, including the use of a “light touch” approach and the extent to which prior risk indicators or concerns are reassessed; and
(h) the scale of non-compliance among international students, including the adequacy of departmental resources for investigations, the thoroughness of those investigations, and the effectiveness of follow-up actions;
And that the committee further write to the Auditor General to undertake an additional audit into the overall, holistic security screening processes across all program streams and how the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Canada Border Services Agency, and the Immigration and Refugee Board share information, interact with each other, and follow up on all cases of misrepresentation, fraud, serious criminality, terrorism, illegal border crossings, and all other reasons to deny permit approval from application and port of entry to final approval of permanent residency status or citizenship including possible claims of asylum, expired permits, removal orders, detentions, pre-risk removal assessments, judicial proceedings, and all other steps inherent in the processes;
And that the committee report this request to the House.