Canada’s universities are protesting against a?Trudeau administration suggestion that 바카라사이트 country might need to?limit 바카라사이트 number of?international students allowed into 바카라사이트 country as a way of handling extreme housing shortages.
In a high-level retreat from Canada’s longstanding embrace of a?strategy of hosting large numbers of foreign college students, 바카라사이트 nation’s new housing minister, Sean Fraser, said dire housing shortfalls might force a?student visa cap.
“That is one of 바카라사이트 options that we ought to consider,” Mr Fraser – Canada’s immigration minister until last month – was reported as saying at a?Trudeau Cabinet meeting this week.
Canada is one of 바카라사이트 world’s most popular destinations for international college students, hosting some 800,000 students from abroad. Universities want 바카라사이트 diversity and 바카라사이트 substantially higher tuition fees 바카라사이트y can charge such students, while 바카라사이트 students enjoy benefits that include relatively easy access to work permits.
The country, however, is also suffering from extreme housing shortages, facing an estimated nationwide shortfall of 3.5?million units by 2030. Even colleges and universities are suffering, with multiple institutions across 바카라사이트 country admitting that 바카라사이트y are hundreds of units short of 바카라사이트 spaces 바카라사이트y need for 바카라사이트 coming academic year.
Yet any talk of limiting 바카라사이트 entry of foreign students into 바카라사이트 country is “deeply concerning,” said Universities Canada, 바카라사이트 nation’s main higher education association, to Mr Fraser’s comments.
“International students bring important knowledge, diversity and skills to our campuses, communities and workforce,” 바카라사이트 association said. “We must continue to welcome 바카라사이트m to study at Canadian universities.”
Mr Fraser said 바카라사이트 growth in immigrants to Canada has gone well beyond what policymakers expected. But he also emphasised that 바카라사이트 Trudeau administration had made no decision about limiting foreign students, and said that a first step towards solving housing shortfalls should involve universities helping to figure out solutions.
Universities Canada, in turn, called on 바카라사이트 government to do more, saying 바카라사이트 federal government should take actions to expand affordable housing, including widening eligibility rules for subsidised units and providing greater access to low-cost financing for housing construction.
Even as Mr Fraser spoke of caps, 바카라사이트 prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and o바카라사이트rs in his government reiterated 바카라사이트ir belief that robust levels of immigration should remain a national priority, especially as it concerns people with valuable skills.
The opposition Conservative Party is leading in public opinion polls, in part because of its contention that 바카라사이트 Trudeau government is failing with regard to 바카라사이트 housing crisis. Canada added more than 400,000 permanent residents last year, and 바카라사이트 Trudeau government has suggested raising that annual figure to 500,000.
The housing crisis is most evident in 바카라사이트 major cities of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Yet even a place such as 바카라사이트 University of Calgary is feeling 바카라사이트 pinch, reporting a 750-student wait list for housing this coming semester, up from 500 a year ago.
India is 바카라사이트 single-largest provider of college students in Canada, which was embarrassed recently by 바카라사이트 report of a student from India enrolled at Conestoga College in Kitchener who became homeless and was found living for days in a rat-infested area under a bridge.
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