Edited by Deepali Verma
Immigration Minister Marc Miller prepares to unveil a two-year limit on international student admissions. Addressing a press conference at Ottawa, the minister said that this measure is expected to provide both federal and provincial authorities with the opportunity to reconsider a system he deems highly exploitative of the higher education international student tuition, resulting in subpar education.
This cap is expected to register a 35% overall reduction in new study visas this year, especially provinces, like Ontario, facing even steeper reductions, exceeding 50%.
Miller says that the government will be prohibiting students in institutions employing a private-public model from obtaining postgraduate work permits commencing from September 1.
Additionally, in the weeks to follow, open work permits will see exclusive accessibility by spouses of students enrolled in master’s and doctoral programs, as well as the professional programs like medicine and law.
Miller lays stress upon the federal government’s commitment to collaborating with provinces, while acknowledging that the progress in rectifying the issue may not follow as swiftly as desired.
Immigration has been attracting increased focus to Canada due to the housing crisis.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, recently revealed in a conversation and said “It’s extremely simple math that if you have more families arriving than you have housing for them, it’s going to inflate housing prices.”
He laid hints that if elected, the Conservatives would put a cap on the number of immigrants.
“We have to bring the immigration numbers in line according to the number of houses that are built. The immigration growth should not exceed the amount of housing stock we add.”
