Saturday, October 5, 2024

When it Comes to International Student Immigration, The NDP-Less Liberals Are Doing a Lot of Running Around, But Nothing Has Changed

 Still the same old system of 900,000 foreign students for a college and university system that does not have 900,000 spots for either foreign or domestic students.  Admission marks increase, more competition for work experience and Canadian students are getting squeezed. 

And yet the NDP-Less Liberals would have you think we have a labour shortage in Canada. At a rate of 6.6% in August versus 4.1% in USA (61% higher!), there is no labour shortage in Canada!

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-reveals-programs-international-students-in-colleges-can-get-post-graduate-work-permits-from/article_aa892272-8282-11ef-a1f2-132f04e3c0a6.html

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Foreign Student Asylum Seekers: 13,000

 "...Nearly 13,000 international students have applied for asylum in Canada in the first eight months of the year, data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada shows.

Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, a total of 119,835 refugee claims were made in Canada. Of these, 12,915 were claimants who were on either study permits (11,605) or study permit extensions (1,310), the department data said.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10771596/nearly-13k-international-students-asylum-2024-data-shows/