Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think they're great to study here and it is absolutely in our strategic interest for them to stay. Let us think strategically about how we create that path. I think our education institutions are keen to innovate around this, and I think we have a unique opportunity as a country in this moment.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, in terms of looking at the trends and the experiences prepandemic versus throughout this pandemic period, there are some notable differences. As I mentioned in my opening comments, from a processing standpoint, given public health measures and limitations in being able to access visa processing centres and supporting documentation, we saw a slowing down and, in fact, a halting of the processing of those applications in the early days of the pandemic.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. My final point is that we need to be more up front about our intentions about how we better inform student visa screening processes. We need ESDC to engage more effectively with industry, provinces, territories and community service organizations to identify labour market priorities that improve and inform those policies.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning. Thank you so much for the opportunity to contribute to these important deliberations. I'm connecting to you virtually from Ottawa, the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe. CBE 150-plus member institutions reflect the full spectrum of Canada's international education from K to 12 to FTS.D.s, spanning almost two million students.