Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, says foreign
students intake will be slashed by 10 percent from 2025.
Trudeau said the restriction has become imperative to
protect the country.
“Immigration is an advantage for our economy — but when bad
actors abuse the system and take advantage of students, we crack down,” the
prime minister said.
Canada relies on economic immigrants to raise the revenue it
needs to support social spending on services such as education and healthcare,
as it strives to maintain high living standards amid the country’s low birth
rate.
However, the North American country has in recent times
tweaked its liberal immigration policies.
Earlier this year, the Canadian government announced a
two-year cap on study permits to limit its international students intake.
Marc Miller, minister of immigration, unveiled what he
described as principal measures to improve programme integrity and maintain a
sustainable presence among international students entering the country.
Miller said Canada will approve 364,000 undergraduate study
permits in 2024, a reduction of 35 percent from 2023.
The minister said the total would be spread across each
province and territory according to population.
Last month, Canada recalibrated its labour market by
announcing a slash on foreign workers and investments in its workforce.
The overhaul reversed expansions made to the temporary
foreign worker (TFW) programme in 2022, which saw an increase in economic
migrants arriving the country to fill one million vacant positions.
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