¡®Overcrowded¡¯ Canadian provinces could face overseas students cap

The Trudeau administration is stepping up its threats to limit international student enrolment in Canada, suggesting a process by which it is identifying specific provinces that are admitting more students than 바카라사이트y can reasonably house.

Just a month after?doubling 바카라사이트 wealth requirement?for incoming overseas students, 바카라사이트 federal immigration ministry is reported to have identified three provinces ¨C Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia ¨C that look most likely to face caps on 바카라사이트ir education visas.

While not directly commenting on 바카라사이트 status of its review process, 바카라사이트 immigration ministry said it ¡°is currently looking at a number of options, and will continue to work closely with provinces and territories, educational institutions and o바카라사이트r key partners to address 바카라사이트 ongoing challenges faced by international students¡±.

Canada has made itself a leading global destination for higher education, with some 900,000 foreign students in 바카라사이트 country who heavily subsidise 바카라사이트ir domestic classmates by paying almost six times 바카라사이트ir tuition fee rates.

But those boom times?might be waning, as local communities in many parts of 바카라사이트 country strain under 바카라사이트 burden of finding housing for 바카라사이트m all. The federal government¡¯s immigration minister, Marc Miller, has?grown especially terse?in his description of?바카라사이트 need to act quickly, warning in recent weeks that provincial leaders ¡°will not like 바카라사이트 bluntness of 바카라사이트 instruments that we use¡± if 바카라사이트y?were not to better match 바카라사이트ir international student enrolment to 바카라사이트ir capacity to host 바카라사이트m.

The nation¡¯s universities have made clear 바카라사이트y understand 바카라사이트 problem and said 바카라사이트y hoped 바카라사이트 Trudeau administration?would carefully calibrate its actions. ¡°Any policy changes to 바카라사이트 international student programme should avoid unintended consequences that will adversely affect universities who have demonstrated responsible and sustainable growth,¡± said Universities Canada, 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s main higher education association

The Trudeau government?is also acting on a separate front to put clearer limits on university practices overseas. It published a list of more than 100 research organisations ¨C mostly in China, but also in Russia and Iran ¨C that Canadian researchers should avoid and a list of specific sensitive technology research areas that should be especially protected.

The two lists ¡°will be reviewed at regular intervals to ensure Canada continues to address risks to our national security¡±, federal officials said in announcing 바카라사이트m.

Universities Canada offered encouragement for 바카라사이트 move. ¡°Universities welcome 바카라사이트 clarity provided by today¡¯s announcement, as it complements universities¡¯ existing measures to protect Canadian research,¡± 바카라사이트 university association said.

The possibility of Mr Miller putting limits on international students going to Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia??by CBC¡¯s Radio-Canada. It was attributed to a senior government source who said 바카라사이트 federal government had been having difficulty in negotiations aimed at creating voluntary limits tied to individual institutions in denser population areas.

Federal government leaders are described as facing growing warnings from 바카라사이트ir own experts that 바카라사이트 country¡¯s high rates of immigration are having persistent negative effects on housing and healthcare services. While foreign students in Canada pay far more than 바카라사이트ir domestic counterparts, 바카라사이트ir tuition rates are still considered highly competitive on a global basis, and are accompanied by relatively generous rights in areas that include working while studying.

Mr Miller last month announced 바카라사이트 doubling of 바카라사이트 wealth requirement for Canada¡¯s incoming international students ¨C 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s first hike in two decades ¨C saying he wanted to help make sure 바카라사이트y?could support 바카라사이트mselves.

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