Finance committee  In terms of attracting foreign students to Canada, the biggest single gap is a lack of federal investment at this point in time. In my estimation, all of the other foundations for a successful effort are in place. All the key stakeholders are aligned and working in partnership. T

Finance committee  The investment we're calling for we need to go primarily to actually deploy the education brand, the Imagine Canada brand. It needs to be spent principally on enhancing the visibility of Canada in key markets overseas through promotional activities. Some of that money would also

Finance committee  What Immigration Canada does is it processes the study permits for the students when they apply to come to Canada. And indeed some backfilling of resources there would be required, but—

Finance committee  Many of our embassies are somewhat active in that area—

Finance committee  I would say that many of the universities and colleges are looking at similar target countries, in particular China, India, Brazil, those with whom we want to—

Finance committee  There is absolutely more. When you compare with what our competitors are putting in, we lack visibility.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. The presentation highlights a few critical facts with respect to the economic impact of international students in Canada. Some of them are short-term economic impacts and some of them are longer term that are very important. In 2008, international students

Finance committee  The second recommendation in our brief, Mr. Brison, speaks to the need to continue to expand our scholarship offerings. I believe there is absolutely room to look at new mechanisms that would attract private sector donations as well, because I believe industry recognizes the impo

Finance committee  Thank you. Merci beaucoup. CBIE's brief underscores the importance of international education for Canada and Canadians. In a globalized, competitive and knowledge-based world, attracting greater numbers of qualified international students to Canada and sending greater numbers of