Meti Basiri, CEO and co-founder of Applyboard, a platform connecting international students, recruiters and post-secondary institutions in Canada and abroad, is seen in Kitchener, Ont. on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
A fresh wave of tighter restrictions on international students has some worried that continuing uncertainty in the sector will damage Canada's reputation as an attractive place to study and settle down.Some Canadian colleges and universities say they are concerned Liberal government cuts to international student permits will damage their operating budgets and impact Canada's reputation as a global leader in education.
"The federal government has a role in this, but people's balance sheets can't be determined by whether they get international students or not. It's a luxury. It's a privilege and not necessarily a right."Immigration Minister Marc Miller joins Power & Politics to explain why he's cutting permits for international students by another 10 per cent.
"It's really costing Canada the people we are gonna need to be doctors, to be engineers, to be entrepreneurs," he said. We'd been the first choice of international students for a decade, according to Basiri, who himself came to Canada from Iran to study in 2011. However, Canada's since fallen to third, after the U.S. and the U.K.
A student examines a leaflet at job fair. Among the changes announced Wednesday, international students enrolled in college programs will only be eligible for a post-grad work permit if their field of study is tied to sectors with labour shortages. "It's going to require public colleges to prove their labour-market alignment, in accordance with national standards," she said, noting that colleges are already very attuned to local and provincial labour-market needs.
Since the 1980s, the federal government, provinces and post-secondary institutions have all played a part in selling international study as an easier, viable path for newcomers to make a life here, he said.
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