Thank you for your thoughts.
You will understand that, for Canada to be a welcoming, positive and interesting place to study in, there need to be winning conditions. However, when we compare Canada's R&D investments to those of other countries, it is a fact that Canada is not at the top of the list, but instead near the bottom.
In your remarks, you mentioned international students many times and, in your answer to my question, you talked about the welcoming spirit in Canada and about people's openness.
Let me tell you about a very specific situation in Quebec right now. In Canada, there are supposedly two official languages, with one of them being French. Of course, Quebec can welcome foreign students who speak French. We are seeing, however, an abnormally high number of student visa applications from francophone African countries being rejected.
The federal government even revealed recently that racism and discrimination are evident in the practices, policies, programs and handling of applications at the department of immigration, refugees and citizenship.
Do you have any comments on this? What do you think of the fact that the Canadian government is clearly displaying racism against francophone African students?