According to figures from the Auditor General, there were 39,500 people unaccounted for. We do not know where the students are or whether they have left the country, but we should hear from them soon. It might be worthwhile, Mr. Chair, to hold another meeting to see where things stand with this follow-up.
I will now make the connection to the question my colleague, Mr. McKinnon, posed.
We are talking about the drop in approval rates, which is reportedly linked to the drop in application rates from universities. I think this might be related to stricter measures regarding these applications.
Is this indeed the case, or have relations with certain countries simply cooled, which would have caused a drop in their applications, as the statistics show?