Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, that's not correct. They can continue their studies, for sure, and that's the point we were making. Again, a very small percentage of students were denied; it's a handful. In 6,000 students [Inaudible--Editor] However, they can absolutely continue. We are providing the cou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That was the other thing that was very strange. Typically, if you are approved in the first step, it's pretty much assured that, unless something goes unreasonably wrong, you'll be approved in the second step. Then, going back to some of the previous comments, it was about dual i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, the degree is still valid.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, I don't know anything about it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. I've attended many events where Global Affairs was present, as well as IRCC. Global Affairs talks about, and all of us in all our presentations talk about, the opportunities for international students. Once they've completed their program, they can work in their area

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you so much for your question. KPU has developed a good relationship in some countries in particular. Because of the population that we're seeing in the Lower Mainland, it is attractive for international students—particularly from India—to come to Canada. The strong linka

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, are you asking if some international students are taking the place of domestic students?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's something that, as an institution, we need to ensure does not happen. We're seeing our domestic population gradually decrease. We're replacing that with international students, but by no means are we to displace any domestic students for international students.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was really interesting, because some of them, when we.... Are you talking about when they introduced the two-step process?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. For us, that's the case.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We don't reimburse students because they're still getting an education. We tell them that if they start their studies before they get their permit, they will have to pay their tuition no matter what. That's a risk they take. That said, they still get an education, and they can gr

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I fully agree. It must be said that students are willing to start their studies remotely, but they want to be assured that they will be able to come to Canada later.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm not sure exactly what was expected, but I can speak to our international student population at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. We are a university of approximately 20,000 students, about 6,000 of whom are international students coming from 60-some d