I also wanted to touch upon dual intent, because that certainly encapsulates a lot of the issues facing a lot of African, and francophone African especially, students coming in from outside Canada to study.
It's very interesting that this is actually counterposable with the efforts that the Government of Canada is doing abroad to recruit international students. Just recently my articling student Andrew Koltun and I attended virtually a conference in Manila talking about coming to Canada, and Ambassador Peter MacArthur actually did the sales pitch to a lot of candidates to come to Canada and spend so much of their money.
Immigration also talked about how easy the process is but never talked about the possibility that this could be a very difficult path.
The dual intention issue, which was raised in the previous committee meeting, doesn't really make an assumption that the international students are going to violate the laws in Canada, but it seems to me, in terms of my handling of cases coming in from Africa, that there is that presumption more so than with those coming in from other parts of the world.