Canada is reviewing how many long-term visas it grants to foreign students, underscoring the government’s desire to slow immigration and population growth.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has faced mounting pressure over the rising cost of living, intense competition for scarce housing and higher unemployment. Earlier this year, Canada imposed a new cap on the number of international student visas it issues — it’s projecting fewer than 300,000 new student permits this year, down from about 437,000 last year.
Changes to immigration policy will need discussion among governments and business, Miller said. Trudeau’s administration is also looking hard at how a separate program that allows companies to apply to bring in temporary foreign workers has been “used and abused,” Miller said, and he has committed to reducing the proportion of temporary residents to five per cent of the population, from nearly seven per cent.
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