The most important message is that all indicators need to be followed through on. Regarding these very large numbers that we're talking about—150,000 others—I think the Auditor General and Canadians would expect to see IRCC go through those files and come to a determination. It's not good enough to say most of them have an innocent explanation. We have to do the homework.
We've already started to set up teams. We have issued procedures. In fact, for those field directions that were asked for, we have committed in our management action plan to begin to do that by September 2026. Once we do it and we get to a smaller number of people who applied for a visa under false pretenses, then we need to follow through in terms of a flag in the system, and we need to follow through in terms of any renewal.
With your colleagues earlier this week, we talked about the five-year ban: If somebody doesn't leave the country when they ought to, they could be subject to a five-year prohibition against re-entry. We need to manage the immigration system with greater control so the legitimate travellers and the legitimate students, which the vast majority are, can come to this country and study, and those who are trying to abuse the system suffer consequences and are disincentivized from doing it in the first place.