Official Languages committee  We obviously recognize that post-secondary education is a provincial jurisdiction. However, we also think that, given the federal government's commitment to enhance the vitality of the communities and support strong institutions across the country—that commitment is set forth in

Official Languages committee  Positive measures will follow from the regulations. We'll propose them once we know how a positive measure is defined. They won't be set forth in the act but rather in the action plan and other plans in the provinces. Since official languages are a crosscutting issue, they may ex

Official Languages committee  Even though we're reinforcing the act, it will be enough to stop the decline of French. The entire architecture of the Canadian language regime has to be reinforced. A whole series of administrative measures were announced in the official languages reform document released in Fe

Official Languages committee  We spoke out about Bill C-13 as soon as it was introduced. Generally speaking, it's consistent with our ambitions. We had issues with certain parts of BillC-32, but they were resolved by Bill C-13. Today we suggested some amendments to clarify certain aspects, but the bill has

Official Languages committee  Our view is that the bill sets forth the government's commitment to develop an immigration policy. We have expectations for that policy, particularly regarding the international clientele of our institutions. We want to be able to implement that policy as soon as possible so it h

Official Languages committee  We're satisfied that it states the commitment to develop a policy. That's more that an action plan.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much for this opportunity. The ACUFC welcomed this bill when it was first introduced. The fact that all federal institutions will now be required to take the positive measures they consider appropriate to ensure more opportunities for francophone minorities to pu

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Our establishments, or I should say our network of establishments, have been promoting study programs in French outside of Quebec at francophone establishments across Canada. The problem is, IRCC will often use intent to remain in Canada after one's studies as a reaso

Official Languages committee  Thank you, no.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Of course, we understand that post-secondary education is a provincial jurisdiction, but the fact remains that the federal government has set goals in terms of demographics, community development and welcoming immigrants. Our establishments have a crucial role to play

Official Languages committee  To come back to the question of leverage that was raised earlier, because you appear to be moving a little towards that, Ms. Ashton, in some cases the opportunity to match can be leveraged, but as Ms. Brouillette said, sometimes provinces ask establishments to go get their matchi

Official Languages committee  That budget envelope is not actually used to create new programs but rather to initiate one-off projects. Speaking of leverage, that's where leverage doesn't necessarily work.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is indeed an interesting solution, but ombudspersons solve problems for individuals, whereas the problems I am talking about today are problems for our institutions. So it may not be the best solution for the institutions. I completely understand that it may be in other cases.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First of all, I would suggest that IRCC make sure of the consistency between the messages that the promotion teams ask it to advertise overseas and the reasons given for refusing study permits. IRCC asks us to add to our presentations overseas that it is possible to apply for pe

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.