Official Languages committee  We would be more than happy to provide the committee with the Francophone Immigration strategy.

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much for the question. Students who arrive in Canada on a temporary visa are not currently eligible for settlement services. However, if what you're talking about is application processing, I'll ask Ms. Hiles to answer you.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for asking that question. I'm sorry if I expressed myself incorrectly. In fact, what we did was enhance the bill.

Official Languages committee  Here is what I wanted to say. The same bill, Bill C‑32, was tabled in the House of Commons in June 2021. From that time on, we at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada worked with our Canadian Heritage colleagues and people in the francophone community to enhance Bill C‑13

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much for the question. As the minister mentioned in his presentation, in 2019, our department drafted the Francophone Immigration strategy, which had several objectives. The Francophone Immigration strategy is a policy, and is not part of a bill, meaning that it i

Official Languages committee  I could add a few facts to what Ms. Xavier said. It was specifically for that reason that the department and the minister last year added other ways of gaining access to permanent residency for francophone international students, with no limit on the number. We received over 4,7

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chair, the last time I appeared before this committee I indicated that the relationship between the Quebec ministry of immigration and our federal ministry of immigration was a very positive one. We do include Quebec in our meetings with the provinces and territories at all l

Official Languages committee  Thank you for asking. We have in fact, for the past few years increased…

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question. We have been working closely with our Canadian Heritage colleagues for several months now. We enhanced Bill C‑32, and in fact made improvements to the bill that had been introduced, and which is now Bill C‑13. You spoke earlier about the obligation t