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{
"time": "2025-09-25 16:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Andr\u00e9 C\u00f4t\u00e9",
"fr": "Andr\u00e9 C\u00f4t\u00e9"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8907408\" data-originallang=\"en\">It might have existed to some extent, but I think the challenge was that there was a huge increase in the number of students. The largest share of that increase was in college programs, and a huge proportion of those college programs were enrolling students in these kinds of general business certificate programs or other types of credentials. There was just a very low likelihood they would have labour market success afterwards. I certainly think it became a numbers game. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8907409\" data-originallang=\"en\">Also, I think that part of the challenge on the recruitment side was that a promise was made to many of these students that this would put them on an immigration track in Canada, when the simple fact was that there were not enough permanent residency slots to accommodate the huge volume of students we were letting into the country. I think many felt as though it was a bit of a raw deal. We kind of led them astray. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8907408\" data-originallang=\"en\">Oui, jusqu'\u00e0 un certain point, mais je crois que la difficult\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 l'augmentation consid\u00e9rable du nombre d'\u00e9tudiants. C'est dans les programmes coll\u00e9giaux que cette hausse a surtout \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9e, et ces \u00e9tudiants se sont inscrits en tr\u00e8s grand nombre \u00e0 des programmes g\u00e9n\u00e9raux de certificat en administration des affaires ou \u00e0 d'autres types de titres de comp\u00e9tence. Ils avaient tout simplement tr\u00e8s peu de chances de r\u00e9ussir sur le march\u00e9 du travail par la suite. Je suis convaincu que c'est devenu un jeu de chiffres.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8907409\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je crois aussi que les difficult\u00e9s du c\u00f4t\u00e9 du recrutement tenaient en partie au fait qu'on avait promis \u00e0 beaucoup de ces \u00e9tudiants que cela les mettrait sur la voie de l'immigration au Canada, alors qu'il n'y avait tout simplement pas assez de places de r\u00e9sidence permanente pour accueillir l'\u00e9norme volume d'\u00e9tudiants que nous laissions entrer au pays. Je pense que beaucoup ont eu l'impression d'une injustice. Nous les avons en quelque sorte induits en erreur.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/immigration/45-1/4/andre-cote-7/",
"politician_url": null,
"politician_membership_url": null,
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13143617",
"document_url": "/committees/immigration/45-1/4/",
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}
}