Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. This is a really important piece of work that needs to be tackled, and I think increased investment would be very important now. In the $9 billion, it's mostly the CESB that is really welcome investment in work-integrated learning and also volunteer

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Thank you for the invitation, for conducting the study and for the extraordinary work that all parliamentarians are doing during this challenging time. I'd especially like to welcome the newer members to this committee. Of course, immigration is

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd be happy to start, and Wendy may be able to have the most up-to-date enrolment numbers from China. International student enrolment has grown both for colleges and universities over the last decade. China has been a significant source, and so has India. China is the largest so

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Welcome to the committee. These are terrific questions. Because over the years we have worked together on a number of issues and all parties have worked on building and strengthening the relationship with China and increasing the flow of students from China, I think we're all c

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We do a whole number of things, and there may be other venues and opportunities that describe them in greater detail. I want to assure the members of the committee that universities and other actors take the challenges of political dynamics very seriously. We're in regular dialog

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madame Normandin. I will say a few words, and then I'll ask Wendy to follow up. First of all, in terms of the online experience, Canada's universities moved 1.4 million learners online in 10 days. It was a remarkable achievement and students were able to complete th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. I'm happy to answer the question. I really welcome the opportunity to discuss the changing geopolitical nature of these matters. The work that's being done on campus is to make sure that all students feel safe and secure in a whole range of areas. Campuses have been worki

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure I heard the question fully. Could I ask you to repeat it?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you to the IT team of the House of Commons for getting me online so well. It's great to be with you today. On behalf of Universities Canada and our members, thank you for the invitation to speak with you. Thanks also to every member o

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To build from your last question, France is obviously a very key competitor country with regard to the francophone market—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I was just building on the previous question, before Mr. Godin, that France is absolutely a competitive nation for us in terms of attracting francophone students. It has a very powerful brand and historic roots. It is very aggressive in attracting francophone students to France.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We are in a very competitive world, so we have to be at our absolute top of the game. We have two things to keep in mind. One is that Africa is still an emerging market for many countries. We have an opportunity to be best in class and to attract the best students we can. The se

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would concur with Larissa's comments about the frontline operational realities. It's very important that we invest in that, very important that we train in that and very important that we align with the policy intent. The additional comment I would make is that we—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want to concur with what Larissa has just said about the frontline operational issues. We need to invest in those front lines, we need to train on those front lines, and we need to make sure that they're aligned with the policy intent of the Government of Canada. The other th