Citizenship and Immigration committee  Behind an application like Chinook, there are algorithms and there is someone entering the data. Someone puts in the criteria and we need to know what they are. The problem is not that the criteria exist, it is rather that we do not know whether they are biased or not.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I feel that our efficiency would increase if the criteria were clearer. That would prevent people from entering the system without really knowing what is involved and without knowing the rules of the game. We also have the dual intent issue. Today, we have not talked a lot about

Citizenship and Immigration committee  People do not always give the reasons for the refusals, but they do sometimes. I have never heard that reason but, yes, if I thought that it could be true, it would give me the shivers. I have talked to people I call immigration rules consultants. We have three of them in our lit

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At Hearst University, we didn't do much soliciting. As I said, we've been in the sector mainly since 2018. We try to reach out to IRCC and get answers through our regulated consultants.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, it certainly has an impact. A small institution like ours receives about 1,000 applications a year. When we process the applications, we sometimes find that some files are incomplete. We then ask the people to complete them. Once the files are completed, the university offer

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's also hard for us to understand this type of discrepancy and to see this double standard. For us, this is unacceptable. I'll stop there.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I completely agree with what has just been said. I just want to outline the situation in northern Ontario in terms of how this issue is viewed in our communities, such as Hearst, Kapuskasing, Timmins and so on. Not too long ago, when we started taking in international students,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Seen from the perspective of institutions like ours and of the people we are trying to serve, the applicants, that is the biggest problem. It is difficult to find solutions when we don't understand what the root of the problem is.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In our case, we didn't want to go down that road. Given the small size of our institution, we weren't able to ensure an online course offering that would have made it possible for students to complete their program afterwards. Our specialty is normally in‑person courses for smal

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I have heard about it, including during the committee's early meetings on the topic. It is pretty easy to find consensus on that issue. The way I see it is that it would provide an additional outside perspective with an interest in respecting various types of fairness. We un

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. We are seeing an excellent retention rate of students after they complete their studies. I was saying that about 50% of them find a job in northern Ontario, where they were not expected. Many people are wondering how we are managing to welcome people

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question, Mrs. Lalonde. We have deployed significant resources. I must admit that, when we began recruiting internationally, in 2014, we were hoping to get results, but never to the extent of the results we have had. Now, 70% of our clientele is from abroad, al

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have nothing to add to what has been said.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for your question. I would like to come back to some of the words used. There has been a lot of talk about opaqueness, lack of transparency and confusing criteria. In this future reform, we need more transparency. Everyone has to know the criteria, which must be really

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, vice‑chairs and committee members, thank you for inviting me to appear before you today to discuss a very important matter. The Université de Hearst has a completely francophone mandate. It has been around for 70 years and is on its way to achieving full autonomy th