Immigration rules must change to keep foreign students in Canada: RBC
“Once they finish school, thousands of international students find themselves lost in this labyrinth that is the road to permanent residency,” the authors explained.
“Trouble in navigating a complex system adds to student stress and could deter many students from pursuing their Canadian dream,” the researchers wrote.Massive backlog in Canada’s immigration system has some waiting years to reunite with family According to a separate RBC Economics report, businesses posted almost 70 per cent more job openings in Canada as of June 2022, compared to pre-pandemic. But these firms were competing for 13 per cent fewer unemployed workers than were available in February 2020.Richardson and Hussain argue health-care worker shortages in particular are a wake-up call for Canada to be more strategic in expanding and retaining its international student pool.
One of the issues, they said, is that study permit holders are limited to only 20 hours of off-campus work per week to protect the immigration system from potential abuse.What are ‘soft skills’ and why more Canadian employers are prioritizing them – Jun 26, 2022
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