Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller arrives to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. His department initially expected to have an ombudsperson's office up and running last fall.
The Liberal government says it will slash the number of international student visas it issues by another 10 per cent.Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller arrives to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Miller announced Wednesday that the Liberal government will slash the number of international student permits it issues by another 10 per cent.
It is also putting new limits on work permits for spouses of both foreign workers and students in master's degree programs. Earlier this year, the Liberal government announced a temporary cap to reduce the number of new student visas by more than a third this year.Those changes followed significant scrutiny of the international student program as experts warned that strong population growth was putting pressure on an already-strained housing market.
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