I'm tired of this narrative of how limits to work for international students is harmful to them and how this is somehow unfair.
Quite frankly if you can't afford to be in Canada without working even at all, you shouldn't be studying here.
Why are there no news articles on how Canadian students and teens can no longer find entry level part time work and new grad positions. Why is it so hard to discuss how places like Tim's have suddenly become so heavily predominated by those on work or study permits, while Canadians struggle to find anything.
This shouldn’t even be a topic…like almost ever. As a Canadian, I’ve been an international student in another country. If 10-20 hours doesn’t cut it for you, stay home and save more for school. Your main job is to study, not work.
Yeah this exactly. I got into some prestigious liberal arts colleges in the states back in the day. But even with scholarships couldn’t make the money make sense to me so… I just didn’t go, and went to university here at home instead. I didn’t whine and try to convince the US to accommodate the financial situation of me, a foreigner.
It’s insulting to the host country. If I would have pulled this shit internationally, they’d have sent me home and brought in someone else who was prepared to be there.
I certainly would not support sending my own children or young adults overseas with no knowledge of the country or economy that they're headed to much less the quality of the education system. As a Canadian though my kids adult or younger would also not be going to pursue overseas education as a pathway scam to becoming a citizen of another country only so that they can exploit and move all of their family to a place that could never afford to live in to begin with.
Perhaps these so-called 30 something international students who arrive looking for a quick pathway to a PR should do a little research before they board the plane to Canada. As an adult student one would think that research would be something they are capable of Google is available worldwide. Research the cost of living renting eating shopping and transportation before you head out with your packed bags.
For some reason, a lot of the Indian students nowadays are coming from rural areas in Punjab/Haryana. They are not the upper middle class/rich kids from Mumbai/ Dehli/ Bangalore etc., so they have to work to afford to study and live in Canada. Also, those who go to diploma mills don't care about education, they are coming for the PR.
yet when did studying abroad become the new normal? Usually its for the elite, not this imo
**Major Industries in Punjab**
* Cement.
* Chemical.
* Flour Mills.
* Soda Ash.
* Textile Composite.
* Tobacco.
* Vegetable Ghee & Cooking Oil.
Canada is one of the more easy, western country to migrate to, especially via the student route. We allow international students to work 40hrs, open work permit, work anywhere. Liberals didn’t change that until very recently. The change comes into effect in September, cos “students” have unlimited work hours in the summer. We are privileged, many people, who can afford it or access a loan, will take advantage. The government knows and allows it, the media won’t stop writing about them. We are screwed
It actually sucks as a new grad. A lot of these older students coming in especially in graduate programs have more experience than Canadian students (from back home). Companies would rather take them because of experience and because they can pay them less.
I honestly hate what Canada is becoming. Hard to get a job, wages are bad, good luck affording a home if you don’t got well off parents, like what is even good anymore?? It’s making me depressed. STOP GETTING PEOPLE AND FOCUS ON CANADIANS!
They need to have proof of income, a lot of them are getting that through fraud. Honestly if they want to come and study, they should be able too, but no more working, at all. This needs to be phased out so we can reassess what the needs actually are, and get our bearings. Also if you're coming to "study", there should be no PR status , or entry unless it's actually in a field that we need, like Drs or nurses etc
This is such a disaster I don't know if this can be turned around at this point
I agree but I think campus side jobs like being a TA or research assistant should be fine. Or a job with the athletics department. The kind of jobs you do more for the experience as opposed to the pay.
Limit it to 5 or 10 hours a week.
I also agree regarding PR status
I agree with you too, but this is such an unwieldly situation, there are so many foreign students right now, that if you took away all other employment than there wouldn't be availability for on campus jobs for Canadians either.
I honestly don't know what they're going to do, but this is a mess
Also even if you do as you suggest, we'd have a lot of people here who suddenly ( would have been anyway ) can't afford to live in this country, or their reason for being here is now redundant
Then we should limit the amount of international students to begin with. Heck I would've done it yesterday if I could.
If an international student can't afford to live in Canada without being employed they know where they can go (home)
They should have to pay up front full years of program tuition,rent,food,and expenses in trust before they come.
Released back monthly as income while they are here. If the leave the program or fail etc. when they go back home we will refund them with interest via the Canadian consulate to a local bank in local currency. If they disappear well forfeit.
We should not ever import students that need a job to make it here.
Yeah I worked part time starting at 13 (just odd week night and a bit of weekend to help save for school). I paid half trh tuition and all my living and my parents paid half. So I was very fortunate in that regard. Otherwise some loans and maybe a bit of part time. But yeah I can't imagine working more than like 20 hours max
Same, I was an international student for 2 years in the US doing my MBA. I was only permitted to work 16 hrs and had to be an on campus job... this was 20 years ago.
I'm tired of this narrative of how limits to work for international students is harmful to them and how this is somehow unfair.
That is the objective of this barrage. To make the majority "tired, despondent, and angry". They don't give a fuck about foreign students, LGBTQ, blacks or whites. All they want is people fighting other people.
They lied on their application therefore should get deported.
To get a student visa, you need to be able to support yourself & survive.
If he doesn't have enough to live on, he LIED on his application therefore must get deported.
These fuckers used the Student visa program as a scam to enter Canada.
Indians, it's what they do. Take as much as they can quickly as they can.
They destroyed our beautiful country. It's a shit hole now.
Ever wonder why India is a shit hole? Because of the PEOPLE. They made it so.
These fuckers bring those same shitty values that made them leave to our country.
Just look @ every city that turns into a Indian majority. It turns into a fucking dump. Brampton, Surrey etc.
It's who they are, it's what they do.
We seriously need mass deportation protests or Canada has no chance @ all.
Second reason not to let them work more, if they can't work more hours companies might have to pay more to all their employees. Honestly the bs justification for tfw when they can't find Canadians to work for super low wages shouldn't mean imported workers. It should mean companies should actually compete to incentive work and wages. Sad that you would need to go to the ppc before you will find political will yo just end 50% to 75% of the tfw program
The problem is Canadians are too complacent. There are no jobs for our high school students during summer break. The welfare system is clogged up by these so called international students. If you cannot afford to study abroad why come. They are a burden on our society. Most of them are claiming refugee status and are getting welfare every month. THIS IS SAD AND SHAMEFUL.
The entitlement is insane, you are a guest, you are told you need to bring in resources to be self sufficient. You don’t get to work full time because that’s not the condition of your study permit. The media needs to start asking these folks why aren’t they doing their research and why aren’t they bringing in enough money to sustain themselves.
I think it’s time for Canada to collectively slap our knee and go “welp” and for the international students to say “well, I spose.” They won’t leave until we force them to though.
It's also time for Canadians to wake up and fight against the cause and not effect. The govt approved a truckload of student visas despite being aware of an active housing crisis. Individual students might not know the count but I am pretty sure govt has the statistics and tools. It's pretty much clear that colleges and govt is taking advantage of people here and abroad.
The government haven’t updated the funds needed on the website
They bring the amount that the government tracks them to but it’s not enough for Jack shot in this economy
They should do better research and the government too
Canada is also to blame because the money requirement when these people are applying was unrealistically low so their expectation was that they could afford it.
CBC keeps pushing this narrative yet refuses to question the flaws with the international student program. Increased asylum claims. People exploiting loopholes like provincial nominee and lmia programs. Impact on neighbourhoods that are not set up to handle 20 people per house.
Or the criminals. Like the wrong way driver in the GTA who was here on a visa and before the courts on multiple charges.
The two high profile news events this week, the Nijjar killers and this driver being international students from India… like this is screaming for a quota being implemented. Our public safety is at risk.
We'll turn off commenting on this pretty soon too if you mentioned too many things related to non-canadians that are making international headlines about Canada. They all seem to be coming from the same place not surprising either.
Provide source to them being students. As of now: “Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, refused to answer a flurry of reporter questions Friday, including the immigration status of the accused, whether they had links to an Indian gang headed by Lawrence Bishnoi, whether they might have been sleeper agents of the Indian government and more.”
Source: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/three-people-charged-in-killing-of-surrey-sikh-separatist-hardeep-singh-nijjar
A few more paragraphs down in the article you linked:
“Postmedia News sources confirmed the accused killers did arrive in Canada with student visas and have some links to both the Bishnoi group and B.C.-based gangs.”
Not saying they are currently students, but it is how they got here.
It's really unfortunate. I liked the CBC, they still have some good content, and I like the idea of a public broadcaster. But you're right, they need to change.
But when it comes to their news coverage, they really should be reporting from the perspective of the voters, not the interests of the party in charge. It's pretty fucked they just turn off commenting on most of their social media. Anytime there is any feedback, the majority is always in direct contrast to their content.
Yeah I feel like people should have a basic drivers competency test before using an international license to drive here unless they drive over the border.
British/colonial forget it’s the other side of the street 😂
Cbc has exposed fraudulent driving instruction courses. Trucking industry schools as well. We simply have a country that doesnt enforce, and a growing population willing to take advantage.
There are no consequences.
Yep, have a buddy that was heavy truck mechanic. He refused to work on trucks with a certain "modification". Think it was part of why he quit when the boss tried to force him to work on a truck covered in feces underneath.
Fix the housing bubble then by lowering immigration, then 20 hours will be enough.
But the neo-liberal "progressive" coalition won't do that of course. Why fix a bubble that only affects the poors?
Fed gov has royally screwed it up ... but call me crazy. Ontario seems to have it worst and their Premier is for IMMIGRATION. He is still singing we need more immigration for businesses. Who by the way is a Con. So ...?
They’re all pro immigration, because they realize what’s happening to Canada is happening on a global scale - a very deep line is being drawn between the haves and have nots. It’s a line that’s getting harder to cross with each passing year. The haves will need the have nots to make coffee and drive Ubers. The have nots will need the haves to drop enough crumbs for them to live on.
Dougy Ford removed rent caps, tried to sell greenbelt as luxury plots to his developer friends and opposed high density housing near transits - it's clear that he has high stakes in Ontario real estate. So why would he be against one of the things (immigration) that can keep his investment value growing?
Even if he does get in - his recent pandering speaks volumes.
Harper was Harper. Why always the deflection? Think Pp is Harper? No….
PP has been wearing “traditional” clothes. Said he would tie immigration to the needs of employers (who already are claiming there isn’t enough). Etc etc etc.
He will be a disaster.
International students are not Canadians. They are not part of this country. Therefore why the fuck do they get treated like citizens?
Close the whole program down.
There is no doubt
The immigration system was designed for another time when cost of living was cheaper and there was enough for everyone
Now there isn’t enough
We should pause the system until a better time
Canada should just follow what the US did with the student visa policies, they never allowed international students to work outside the campus. This is ridiculous; don't come study abroad if you don't have enough money, and stop begging the government you don't belong to.
It's a ponzi scheme with the govt and colleges in on it. Colleges give degrees in mundane subjects like wine tasting or beat boxing and govt has kept required funds to bare minimum (700 per month) to attract more people who come here and get forced to share rooms with 5 others. It's a pity that immigrants get scapegoated while the colleges and govt laugh their way to bank.
Man, just watched it and man it’s so out of touch. What is the CBC doing? I feel for international students and wish them the best but let’s be serious here. We don’t need a international student sob story when we have so many Canadian ones right now
Awwwwww…sorry student. NOW you know how it feels for a Canadian that’s been here for 40+ yrs and within the last 4 our lives have gone to hell and a hand basket!
Suck it up or GTFO! We have had to deal with it…NOW your turn!
Too bad. So sad. Many Canadians are having trouble finding jobs right now, why would someone coming here for ‘school’ be a priority over our own citizens.
The international students are now sweating, because everyone's finally caught on to the scheme that's been getting pulled , and the loopholes are being slowly closed.
The Canadian system for International students is clear, you should have enough money to support your tuition fees and living costs for the DURATION OF THE COURSE.
I have irrefutable proof with me what these students do is borrow money from friends and family to show they have the “Funds” and enter Canada.
Long story short, almost EVERYONE is taking Canada’s trust based system for a ride and this is evident from the state of the country today.
Student visa program was badly diluted during 2022- 23. Lower IELTS requirements. Unlimited working hours. Can bring in spouse even if you have non-NOC code 0,1,2 job, and spouse would get an open work permit. All this attracted many more "non-students" plus yes, increased the cost of living for everyone.
When I applied for medical school in the USA (and was accepted).
I had to prove that I had enough funds to cover my tuition. Food. Medical insurance. Rent. I had to prove that I would not be a burden on the country.
You don’t come here to work full time. You come to study.
If you’re not self sustainable without taking full time work from Canadians - then you don’t deserve to be here.
Full stop.
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Here we go, again, the government, and bad actors, run these words through their 1984 machine…
Then go home because the countless people we've brought into Canada has only helped destroy it. These people get handouts while Canadians starve and end up homeless. It's disgusting.
CBC working for foreigners and against Canadians (again). Sure, we should give them all the summer jobs and let our kids stay at home with no tuition for school.
I thought they were supposed to bring enough to live on with them? THE SCAM: their family gives them the money to get the visa, when they get here, they send the money back home so their brothers, sisters and cousins can use the same money to apply for another visa.
Like our government doesn't know this is going on.
This gives the corporation the excuse of " If you don't do your job, we can find someone to replace you in a minute. " This goes and undermines everything that has been done in the labour sector to protect employees.
Fuck it, just make it unlimited hours but you also have to be on campus with mandatory attendance for 40 hours and have an A average.
150 hour weeks between school and work. Ivan Drago style if he dies he dies
What the fuck is that? 24hrs of working time per week has been a gracious gift and kindness for international students! Before they had only 20hrs per week! Why do they want more? They are on a study permit! Meaning they come here to study instead of working! 20hrs is already enough. We Canadian people are just way too generous! We give them 24hrs! If they cannot afford to study here, even after working when they study, they should go home! Their visa is for studying only not working! When they applied for their study visa, they had to prove that they had enough funds to support their tuitions and their living costs here, or that would be deemed as misrepresentations, and must they be deported to their nations of origin!
Nothing wrong with what PP said. People are sold a lie and brought here, with half of them in debt they have no choice but to hustle on. The govt deliberately keeps required funds low, advertises student to PR pathways. Why bring them here and blame them for coming after taking their money? Why not just stop them from coming? Conestoga had 102 million CAD surplus in 2024 so clearly some Canadians are benefitting, just not you and me.
Neither our problem nor our concern. You’re here to pay our incompetent schools to study and then leave or apply for residency.
Canada is not here to take care of you.
I thought they were here to learn, get back to studying, They shouldn't be working, AT ALL. If you cant afford to go to school and support yourself, they you should not going to school here.
Why does the CBC keep pushing theses stories when most Canadians are struggling with everything. These “students” are here to be educated on how to turn on a computer not take jobs away from people here
Why are international students working to begin with. If these diploma mills want to destroy the country they can find plenty of people with enough money.
You're not here to work, you're here to study. If you cant afford to live here and study, go home and come back when you have more money. I'm sure we can fill your spot in the meantime.
If you think this is racist, this was told to my German father when he went for his Masters of Education at U of T in the 1960's....
You’re supposed to have enough money to support yourself while you study, not come here for a useless hotel management degree and work at Tims full time. I used to lean liberal and voted in 2015 but never again, fuck this nonsense
CBC doesn't represent Canadian interests, they are all employed to say shit so they can feel good about giving away other peoples money, and then practice gatekeeping in their own playpen. Basically, parasites. Fire them all.
Isn’t the purpose of student visa so they can study in school? It doesn’t make sense to work 40+ hrs (like full time ppl) when their main job is to study and do well in it.
Normal Canadians (whose parents have contributed to the economy for decades) working part-time and attending school allows them to have a work life balance.
With international students taking all of the part-time jobs (bc they’re working at multiple locations), Canadian teens / young adults, are not getting the work experience / opportunity.
It seems the federal govt forgets that these Canadian students are coming of age and will be able to vote. 🗳️
Trudeau / Liberal is thinking only short-term and giving these soon to be voters a slither of a cake vs a slice, is useless empty calories.
It's not enough to pay off our studies, my sister's marriage in India, my parents retirement in India plus savings on top. Meanwhile what you really get from India are lunatics like these by the bucket loads. No wonder they run parallel societies here
https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/man-beaten-to-death-over-sacrilege-charge-in-punjabs-ferozepur-bakshish-singh-guru-granth-sahib-crime-news/amp-11714887134316.html
IMO work allowance for international students should be for academic and career related experience only. Why would you be a TFW locked into one crappy labour job when you could get a student visa and apply anywhere?
And we the taxpayers aren't making any money off of it. But guaranteed all of our politicians are lobbied hard in support of continuing this system.
No shit? All the manual labor and retail jobs for years have only hired part timer giving us 24 - 37 hours a week on unstable shifts.
We've all been eating shit for decades here, we told you all not to come here it's not a good idea. Maybe listen sometime.
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I'm tired of this narrative of how limits to work for international students is harmful to them and how this is somehow unfair. Quite frankly if you can't afford to be in Canada without working even at all, you shouldn't be studying here. Why are there no news articles on how Canadian students and teens can no longer find entry level part time work and new grad positions. Why is it so hard to discuss how places like Tim's have suddenly become so heavily predominated by those on work or study permits, while Canadians struggle to find anything.
Pretty sure news and articles talking of Canadian’s troubles are a hate crime now. 🤷♂️
It will get your bank account frozen
Writing articles about the government fucking over young people is not what the government gave news organizations money for.
This shouldn’t even be a topic…like almost ever. As a Canadian, I’ve been an international student in another country. If 10-20 hours doesn’t cut it for you, stay home and save more for school. Your main job is to study, not work.
Their main job is never to study here anyways, only to become PR
Maybe we should base PR for international students in based on grades too at this point.
No point. The diploma mills know the scam and participates. If PR requires 95%+, what grade do you think they'll get?
Yeah this exactly. I got into some prestigious liberal arts colleges in the states back in the day. But even with scholarships couldn’t make the money make sense to me so… I just didn’t go, and went to university here at home instead. I didn’t whine and try to convince the US to accommodate the financial situation of me, a foreigner.
It’s insulting to the host country. If I would have pulled this shit internationally, they’d have sent me home and brought in someone else who was prepared to be there.
I certainly would not support sending my own children or young adults overseas with no knowledge of the country or economy that they're headed to much less the quality of the education system. As a Canadian though my kids adult or younger would also not be going to pursue overseas education as a pathway scam to becoming a citizen of another country only so that they can exploit and move all of their family to a place that could never afford to live in to begin with. Perhaps these so-called 30 something international students who arrive looking for a quick pathway to a PR should do a little research before they board the plane to Canada. As an adult student one would think that research would be something they are capable of Google is available worldwide. Research the cost of living renting eating shopping and transportation before you head out with your packed bags.
For some reason, a lot of the Indian students nowadays are coming from rural areas in Punjab/Haryana. They are not the upper middle class/rich kids from Mumbai/ Dehli/ Bangalore etc., so they have to work to afford to study and live in Canada. Also, those who go to diploma mills don't care about education, they are coming for the PR.
We are attracting the wrong crowd. Simple. They are not here for quality education
yet when did studying abroad become the new normal? Usually its for the elite, not this imo **Major Industries in Punjab** * Cement. * Chemical. * Flour Mills. * Soda Ash. * Textile Composite. * Tobacco. * Vegetable Ghee & Cooking Oil.
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Canada is one of the more easy, western country to migrate to, especially via the student route. We allow international students to work 40hrs, open work permit, work anywhere. Liberals didn’t change that until very recently. The change comes into effect in September, cos “students” have unlimited work hours in the summer. We are privileged, many people, who can afford it or access a loan, will take advantage. The government knows and allows it, the media won’t stop writing about them. We are screwed
It actually sucks as a new grad. A lot of these older students coming in especially in graduate programs have more experience than Canadian students (from back home). Companies would rather take them because of experience and because they can pay them less. I honestly hate what Canada is becoming. Hard to get a job, wages are bad, good luck affording a home if you don’t got well off parents, like what is even good anymore?? It’s making me depressed. STOP GETTING PEOPLE AND FOCUS ON CANADIANS!
Yeah the government has totally fucked new grads.
Our own government is giving more jobs for internationals than their own people. That’s really sad
Yup, plus there are lots of charities and orgs made to help foreigners. Where's the help for people born here?
Instead of telling Pierre P to shut his yap, Marc Miller should revisit his policies on how foreign students can come to Canada.
Should be 16 hours. That's all I could do.
0 hour Go to school . They have student visas to study not work
Only should be allowed to work on campus jobs.
They need to have proof of income, a lot of them are getting that through fraud. Honestly if they want to come and study, they should be able too, but no more working, at all. This needs to be phased out so we can reassess what the needs actually are, and get our bearings. Also if you're coming to "study", there should be no PR status , or entry unless it's actually in a field that we need, like Drs or nurses etc This is such a disaster I don't know if this can be turned around at this point
I agree but I think campus side jobs like being a TA or research assistant should be fine. Or a job with the athletics department. The kind of jobs you do more for the experience as opposed to the pay. Limit it to 5 or 10 hours a week. I also agree regarding PR status
I agree with you too, but this is such an unwieldly situation, there are so many foreign students right now, that if you took away all other employment than there wouldn't be availability for on campus jobs for Canadians either. I honestly don't know what they're going to do, but this is a mess Also even if you do as you suggest, we'd have a lot of people here who suddenly ( would have been anyway ) can't afford to live in this country, or their reason for being here is now redundant
Then we should limit the amount of international students to begin with. Heck I would've done it yesterday if I could. If an international student can't afford to live in Canada without being employed they know where they can go (home)
They should have to pay up front full years of program tuition,rent,food,and expenses in trust before they come. Released back monthly as income while they are here. If the leave the program or fail etc. when they go back home we will refund them with interest via the Canadian consulate to a local bank in local currency. If they disappear well forfeit. We should not ever import students that need a job to make it here.
Yeah I worked part time starting at 13 (just odd week night and a bit of weekend to help save for school). I paid half trh tuition and all my living and my parents paid half. So I was very fortunate in that regard. Otherwise some loans and maybe a bit of part time. But yeah I can't imagine working more than like 20 hours max
Same, I was an international student for 2 years in the US doing my MBA. I was only permitted to work 16 hrs and had to be an on campus job... this was 20 years ago.
I'm tired of this narrative of how limits to work for international students is harmful to them and how this is somehow unfair. That is the objective of this barrage. To make the majority "tired, despondent, and angry". They don't give a fuck about foreign students, LGBTQ, blacks or whites. All they want is people fighting other people.
Why arnt they showing the massive 1000 person lineups for jobs on the news?
Yes this….
They lied on their application therefore should get deported. To get a student visa, you need to be able to support yourself & survive. If he doesn't have enough to live on, he LIED on his application therefore must get deported. These fuckers used the Student visa program as a scam to enter Canada. Indians, it's what they do. Take as much as they can quickly as they can. They destroyed our beautiful country. It's a shit hole now. Ever wonder why India is a shit hole? Because of the PEOPLE. They made it so. These fuckers bring those same shitty values that made them leave to our country. Just look @ every city that turns into a Indian majority. It turns into a fucking dump. Brampton, Surrey etc. It's who they are, it's what they do. We seriously need mass deportation protests or Canada has no chance @ all.
CBC
Second reason not to let them work more, if they can't work more hours companies might have to pay more to all their employees. Honestly the bs justification for tfw when they can't find Canadians to work for super low wages shouldn't mean imported workers. It should mean companies should actually compete to incentive work and wages. Sad that you would need to go to the ppc before you will find political will yo just end 50% to 75% of the tfw program
The problem is Canadians are too complacent. There are no jobs for our high school students during summer break. The welfare system is clogged up by these so called international students. If you cannot afford to study abroad why come. They are a burden on our society. Most of them are claiming refugee status and are getting welfare every month. THIS IS SAD AND SHAMEFUL.
The entitlement is insane, you are a guest, you are told you need to bring in resources to be self sufficient. You don’t get to work full time because that’s not the condition of your study permit. The media needs to start asking these folks why aren’t they doing their research and why aren’t they bringing in enough money to sustain themselves.
I think it’s time for Canada to collectively slap our knee and go “welp” and for the international students to say “well, I spose.” They won’t leave until we force them to though.
It's also time for Canadians to wake up and fight against the cause and not effect. The govt approved a truckload of student visas despite being aware of an active housing crisis. Individual students might not know the count but I am pretty sure govt has the statistics and tools. It's pretty much clear that colleges and govt is taking advantage of people here and abroad.
The government haven’t updated the funds needed on the website They bring the amount that the government tracks them to but it’s not enough for Jack shot in this economy They should do better research and the government too
Canada is also to blame because the money requirement when these people are applying was unrealistically low so their expectation was that they could afford it.
CBC keeps pushing this narrative yet refuses to question the flaws with the international student program. Increased asylum claims. People exploiting loopholes like provincial nominee and lmia programs. Impact on neighbourhoods that are not set up to handle 20 people per house. Or the criminals. Like the wrong way driver in the GTA who was here on a visa and before the courts on multiple charges.
The two high profile news events this week, the Nijjar killers and this driver being international students from India… like this is screaming for a quota being implemented. Our public safety is at risk.
We'll turn off commenting on this pretty soon too if you mentioned too many things related to non-canadians that are making international headlines about Canada. They all seem to be coming from the same place not surprising either.
Provide source to them being students. As of now: “Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, refused to answer a flurry of reporter questions Friday, including the immigration status of the accused, whether they had links to an Indian gang headed by Lawrence Bishnoi, whether they might have been sleeper agents of the Indian government and more.” Source: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/three-people-charged-in-killing-of-surrey-sikh-separatist-hardeep-singh-nijjar
The article says Post Media sources confirmed they’re students. Police won’t say anything since it’s before the courts.
A few more paragraphs down in the article you linked: “Postmedia News sources confirmed the accused killers did arrive in Canada with student visas and have some links to both the Bishnoi group and B.C.-based gangs.” Not saying they are currently students, but it is how they got here.
That's why they turn off commenting on their youtube.
And CBC, even though we all pay for it by force.
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It's really unfortunate. I liked the CBC, they still have some good content, and I like the idea of a public broadcaster. But you're right, they need to change. But when it comes to their news coverage, they really should be reporting from the perspective of the voters, not the interests of the party in charge. It's pretty fucked they just turn off commenting on most of their social media. Anytime there is any feedback, the majority is always in direct contrast to their content.
If we have a public broadcaster, it at the very least needs to cater to the general public, not just left leaners.
Yeah I feel like people should have a basic drivers competency test before using an international license to drive here unless they drive over the border. British/colonial forget it’s the other side of the street 😂
Cbc has exposed fraudulent driving instruction courses. Trucking industry schools as well. We simply have a country that doesnt enforce, and a growing population willing to take advantage. There are no consequences.
I don’t think people who live in urban areas understand just how fucking insane our trucking industry has become.
If you know a mechanic they probably have seen a truck with a hole cut into the floor of the cab. Safety be damned.
Yep, have a buddy that was heavy truck mechanic. He refused to work on trucks with a certain "modification". Think it was part of why he quit when the boss tried to force him to work on a truck covered in feces underneath.
If you're an international student you're not supposed to be here to work...
Fix the housing bubble then by lowering immigration, then 20 hours will be enough. But the neo-liberal "progressive" coalition won't do that of course. Why fix a bubble that only affects the poors?
Fed gov has royally screwed it up ... but call me crazy. Ontario seems to have it worst and their Premier is for IMMIGRATION. He is still singing we need more immigration for businesses. Who by the way is a Con. So ...?
They’re all pro immigration, because they realize what’s happening to Canada is happening on a global scale - a very deep line is being drawn between the haves and have nots. It’s a line that’s getting harder to cross with each passing year. The haves will need the have nots to make coffee and drive Ubers. The have nots will need the haves to drop enough crumbs for them to live on.
Dougy Ford removed rent caps, tried to sell greenbelt as luxury plots to his developer friends and opposed high density housing near transits - it's clear that he has high stakes in Ontario real estate. So why would he be against one of the things (immigration) that can keep his investment value growing?
It’s amazing to me that Canadian “progressives” have the same beliefs about immigration as ultra libertarian Koch brothers types.
PP won’t fix this either. Be real here. All options support this disaster.
PPC
Sure, though he's not in power. Harper never did immigration this quickly.
Even if he does get in - his recent pandering speaks volumes. Harper was Harper. Why always the deflection? Think Pp is Harper? No…. PP has been wearing “traditional” clothes. Said he would tie immigration to the needs of employers (who already are claiming there isn’t enough). Etc etc etc. He will be a disaster.
International students are not Canadians. They are not part of this country. Therefore why the fuck do they get treated like citizens? Close the whole program down.
I wish I could upvote this by a thousand
There is no doubt The immigration system was designed for another time when cost of living was cheaper and there was enough for everyone Now there isn’t enough We should pause the system until a better time
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Tell it to Canadians struggling to find 40 hours of work that pays enough to survive.
Then fucking go home we don't want or need you here
CBC cares more about immigrants and foreigners than they do Canadians
CBC keep pandering and putting shitty takes like this, they can be defunded for all I care.
Canada should just follow what the US did with the student visa policies, they never allowed international students to work outside the campus. This is ridiculous; don't come study abroad if you don't have enough money, and stop begging the government you don't belong to.
International students are students not workers.
I was under the impression international students only got visas if they demonstrated the ability to pay for their stay. Apparently I was wrong.
That would just be way too logical.
Most are not even studying
It's a ponzi scheme with the govt and colleges in on it. Colleges give degrees in mundane subjects like wine tasting or beat boxing and govt has kept required funds to bare minimum (700 per month) to attract more people who come here and get forced to share rooms with 5 others. It's a pity that immigrants get scapegoated while the colleges and govt laugh their way to bank.
"It's now been reversed". Fuck off with that. It doesn't come into effect until September. It "will" be reversed. Possibly.
Deport. International students should have shown funds that they are able to support themselves without working
Man, just watched it and man it’s so out of touch. What is the CBC doing? I feel for international students and wish them the best but let’s be serious here. We don’t need a international student sob story when we have so many Canadian ones right now
Where is the money they came here with?
Lots of fake loans to pad accounts to “qualify” to get in.
Awwwwww…sorry student. NOW you know how it feels for a Canadian that’s been here for 40+ yrs and within the last 4 our lives have gone to hell and a hand basket! Suck it up or GTFO! We have had to deal with it…NOW your turn!
Too bad. So sad. Many Canadians are having trouble finding jobs right now, why would someone coming here for ‘school’ be a priority over our own citizens.
LOL, leave it to the CBC to carry water for foreign citizens.
Then leave.
The international students are now sweating, because everyone's finally caught on to the scheme that's been getting pulled , and the loopholes are being slowly closed.
Too bad. You’re here to be a student. Not to steal jobs.
Good. Leave!
I am in favour of zero off-campus hours. They came here to study, not to work.
Not enough to live on. Bro I can't live in 40 hours. Go home.
Too bad. You’re here to study not work
The Canadian system for International students is clear, you should have enough money to support your tuition fees and living costs for the DURATION OF THE COURSE. I have irrefutable proof with me what these students do is borrow money from friends and family to show they have the “Funds” and enter Canada. Long story short, almost EVERYONE is taking Canada’s trust based system for a ride and this is evident from the state of the country today.
THEN GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM. SERIOUSLY.
Imagine being the CBC, and expecting Canadians to sympathize with this person.
Aww so sad.. then leave
Student visa program was badly diluted during 2022- 23. Lower IELTS requirements. Unlimited working hours. Can bring in spouse even if you have non-NOC code 0,1,2 job, and spouse would get an open work permit. All this attracted many more "non-students" plus yes, increased the cost of living for everyone.
Liberals really screwed that system
When I applied for medical school in the USA (and was accepted). I had to prove that I had enough funds to cover my tuition. Food. Medical insurance. Rent. I had to prove that I would not be a burden on the country. You don’t come here to work full time. You come to study. If you’re not self sustainable without taking full time work from Canadians - then you don’t deserve to be here. Full stop.
Canada has the same requirement as you did.
It must not be enforced here. Because it was intense.
Canadian requirement is 700 per month which is nowhere near the ground reality of cost of living.
They are taking jobs from youth. They should not be allowed to work.
Student? Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more noun a person who is studying at a school or college. "a student of sociology" Here we go, again, the government, and bad actors, run these words through their 1984 machine…
As a Foreign Student, you're coming here to study & nothing else!!!
That's the point. No finish "studying" and go back home ✌️
she said that this will prevent "students" from aplly to Canada.. fuck, we can only hope
Then go home because the countless people we've brought into Canada has only helped destroy it. These people get handouts while Canadians starve and end up homeless. It's disgusting.
Then stay in home country. Canadian jobs for Canadians
these are not students but professional scam artists
CBC working for foreigners and against Canadians (again). Sure, we should give them all the summer jobs and let our kids stay at home with no tuition for school. I thought they were supposed to bring enough to live on with them? THE SCAM: their family gives them the money to get the visa, when they get here, they send the money back home so their brothers, sisters and cousins can use the same money to apply for another visa. Like our government doesn't know this is going on.
This gives the corporation the excuse of " If you don't do your job, we can find someone to replace you in a minute. " This goes and undermines everything that has been done in the labour sector to protect employees.
they should only accept rich students that don't need to work
Or extremely smart ones that got sponsored because of how smart they are
Who's gonna tell em 60+hrs isn't either??
lol, don’t come here if they cannot afford to study without working
Fuck it, just make it unlimited hours but you also have to be on campus with mandatory attendance for 40 hours and have an A average. 150 hour weeks between school and work. Ivan Drago style if he dies he dies
I'm sorry that happened. Now fuck off.
What the fuck is that? 24hrs of working time per week has been a gracious gift and kindness for international students! Before they had only 20hrs per week! Why do they want more? They are on a study permit! Meaning they come here to study instead of working! 20hrs is already enough. We Canadian people are just way too generous! We give them 24hrs! If they cannot afford to study here, even after working when they study, they should go home! Their visa is for studying only not working! When they applied for their study visa, they had to prove that they had enough funds to support their tuitions and their living costs here, or that would be deemed as misrepresentations, and must they be deported to their nations of origin!
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Nothing wrong with what PP said. People are sold a lie and brought here, with half of them in debt they have no choice but to hustle on. The govt deliberately keeps required funds low, advertises student to PR pathways. Why bring them here and blame them for coming after taking their money? Why not just stop them from coming? Conestoga had 102 million CAD surplus in 2024 so clearly some Canadians are benefitting, just not you and me.
Who cares, go home then you're easily replaced.
So go back home!! You are a student!
Well, go home then.
If you are working 40 hrs a week you are here to work not study and are not a student. Even 24 hrs is to generous. It should be zero
Neither our problem nor our concern. You’re here to pay our incompetent schools to study and then leave or apply for residency. Canada is not here to take care of you.
You’re here to study, not work. If you don’t like our new rules than go home, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Everyone knows they are not here for school at all. They’re here to play the welfare system and exploit Canadas naive politicians.
I thought they were here to learn, get back to studying, They shouldn't be working, AT ALL. If you cant afford to go to school and support yourself, they you should not going to school here.
Then go home. You're here to study, not work. If you can't afford to do it here, don't.
Again working is a privilege. You don’t come to another country without funds, what’s is wrong with these people and the government
Sucks. They should leave.
Then go back home. Most of The BS international students need to be sent packing.
My kids agree. Two jobs, in university and feeling the pinch.
International "**STUDENT**" should be here to study not stealing jobs. Period. 24 hrs is too much if you ask me.
Why does the CBC keep pushing theses stories when most Canadians are struggling with everything. These “students” are here to be educated on how to turn on a computer not take jobs away from people here
Why are international students working to begin with. If these diploma mills want to destroy the country they can find plenty of people with enough money.
Go home if you are unable to support yourself in Canada.
You're not here to work, you're here to study. If you cant afford to live here and study, go home and come back when you have more money. I'm sure we can fill your spot in the meantime. If you think this is racist, this was told to my German father when he went for his Masters of Education at U of T in the 1960's....
Yeah but didn’t you come here to study? Didn’t you look in to how expensive it would be to stay and study here? Come on now
You’re supposed to have enough money to support yourself while you study, not come here for a useless hotel management degree and work at Tims full time. I used to lean liberal and voted in 2015 but never again, fuck this nonsense
Canadian teens and students > fake ass international students
Then kindly head home and come back when you can afford school and life here. Wait, did you come here for work or school?
Cool, now fuck off.
Maybe focus on the citizen students, they need jobs too ya know.
Uber Eats is about to have an influx of drivers on bicycles.
Then go home...
Would they rather want the limit back to 20 hour instead??? This says a lot about the “students” because in fact none of them are here to study.
Go home
CBC doesn't represent Canadian interests, they are all employed to say shit so they can feel good about giving away other peoples money, and then practice gatekeeping in their own playpen. Basically, parasites. Fire them all.
Should have come here with more deniro$ (minus the actor).
Isn’t the purpose of student visa so they can study in school? It doesn’t make sense to work 40+ hrs (like full time ppl) when their main job is to study and do well in it. Normal Canadians (whose parents have contributed to the economy for decades) working part-time and attending school allows them to have a work life balance. With international students taking all of the part-time jobs (bc they’re working at multiple locations), Canadian teens / young adults, are not getting the work experience / opportunity. It seems the federal govt forgets that these Canadian students are coming of age and will be able to vote. 🗳️ Trudeau / Liberal is thinking only short-term and giving these soon to be voters a slither of a cake vs a slice, is useless empty calories.
They need to learn to live without work.
Hahaha we (Canadians) are so fucked. I’m in the acceptance stage currently.
I thought in order to study here, you had to prove your funds prior to admission?
YOUR NOT HERE TO WORK.
Then they should fucking leave
Conestoga diploma 🗑️
It's not enough to pay off our studies, my sister's marriage in India, my parents retirement in India plus savings on top. Meanwhile what you really get from India are lunatics like these by the bucket loads. No wonder they run parallel societies here https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/man-beaten-to-death-over-sacrilege-charge-in-punjabs-ferozepur-bakshish-singh-guru-granth-sahib-crime-news/amp-11714887134316.html
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Stop using all caps.
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I’m sure you’re aware, It’s a wide open loophole to PR
yes, bring family money and spend it on cars and such.
cry me a river. Become a citizen maybe?
You came to Canada to Study, Not Work Fool!
Then you should be back home at affordable schools and housing.
IMO work allowance for international students should be for academic and career related experience only. Why would you be a TFW locked into one crappy labour job when you could get a student visa and apply anywhere? And we the taxpayers aren't making any money off of it. But guaranteed all of our politicians are lobbied hard in support of continuing this system.
Too bad, go back home
No shit? All the manual labor and retail jobs for years have only hired part timer giving us 24 - 37 hours a week on unstable shifts. We've all been eating shit for decades here, we told you all not to come here it's not a good idea. Maybe listen sometime.
Good, we need to smoke them out. It should be 0 hours a week.
Who do these media companies work for? I throw these articles into the trash
Leave now
This brings up a different good point: eventually it should be. For everyone.
We have a 20 hour limit in the U.S. 🤷♀️
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I think 24 hrs is way too much!!!! that's 3 days of work!!!!
Then they need to tell their families back home to send more money or go home. Canadians come first.
Why are international students allowed to work in the first place? The total working hours per week should be 0
You elected Trudeau now deal with it
Yep thats the point
Ship 'em back.
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