Immigration Minister Marc Miller … said there is a correlation between the influx of international students and temporary workers and the housing shortage in this country
It sounds like they’re going to crack down on “colleges” fleecing international students:
He said he plans to demand that provinces, such as Ontario, stop licensing substandard colleges offering a poor experience to international students and said he may consider refusing study permits if they do not clamp down on colleges churning out international graduates like “puppy mills.”
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he plans to control the number of temporary foreign workers coming to Canada in the new year, adding the system has “run a bit rampant for far too long.”
Statscan estimates Canada’s population is more than 40.5 million, with the third-quarter increase driven largely by immigration, including about 313,000 non-permanent residents.
His admission that the number of temporary foreign residents is linked to the supply of housing represents a shift in emphasis for the federal government.
Earlier this month Mr. Miller announced reforms to the international student program to curb numbers – including the doubling of the amount of money applicants need to show they have to cover living expenses.
“As I’ve said, turning off the tap from the federal government is a pretty rough instrument and if provinces can’t get their houses in order we’re prepared to do it,” he said Thursday.
He signalled that he may reform the postgraduate work permit system for international students, as well as the temporary foreign workers program.
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