Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, but I don't have that information at hand.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd have to follow up.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, to reiterate the province's role, the tuition rates set for international students are done independently at each respective institution. It wouldn't be information that I would have easy access to any more than a member of the committee would.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, I'm hoping I can ask for a little clarity around the member's question. In terms of regulatory process, there's extensive legislation and regulation that exists related to registered private career colleges. Is there a specific component?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If a concern was reported to the Superintendent of Private Career Colleges, there is an enforcement and inspection team that's responsible for working with our private career colleges. There's a whole range of different activities that can happen. We have a scaling enforcement model that begins with education and supporting our private career colleges proactively to ensure compliance with our regulations with our Private Career Colleges Act, and, as a result of that, through progressive enforcement we work to educate the operators and can scale that up through escalating compliance action if required.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, the superintendent is at arm's length of government but works within my division.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Of the superintendent? That falls to the public servants in the Ontario public service.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is within government but there is a very clear line between political involvement and the role of the superintendent.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Institutions in Ontario, publicly funded colleges and universities, are established by acts of legislature, and there are separate legal entities that are responsible for the academic, operational and administrative matters of their organizations. This includes responsibility for administrative process and operational policies, including charging, collecting and reimbursing international student tuition and fees.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't speak to other provinces, because I don't have an understanding of the number of DLIs—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Our role in issuing the DLIs is to review the application received from the interested party and, in accordance with the memorandum of understanding that we have with the IRCC, we would grant the DLI to the interested party if they meet the criteria outlined in the MOU.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can confirm that the letter was sent from our Minister of Colleges and Universities, and I am unaware of any response.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm happy to confirm that the letter was sent by the Minister of Colleges and Universities. I cannot confirm and I am unaware of any response that was received.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, but I don't know.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it's important to recognize the role of a registered private career college and differentiate that from the term we have been using tonight around plaza colleges. We have nearly 550 registered private career colleges in Ontario. They are inspected quite regularly and do maintain quite a rigorous relationship with the ministry in terms of reporting.