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By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canada is thinking about a cap on the variety of worldwide trainees enabled to reside in Canada, Immigration Minister Marc Miller stated according to a CTV report, as the federal government deals with criticism for a real estate price crisis.
Canada depends upon migration to drive its economy and support an aging population and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has actually been increase yearly migration. The real estate crisis has actually been blamed on a boost in migrants and worldwide trainees sustaining need for homes simply as inflation has actually slowed building and construction.
Miller stated in a taped interview with CTV Question Period that the Liberal federal government is thinking about a cap on worldwide trainees in the very first and 2nd quarters this year.
“That volume is perplexing,” Miller is priced quote by CTV as stating, describing the variety of global trainees in Canada. “It’s actually a system that has actually left control.”
He did not state just how much of a decrease in global trainees the federal government is thinking about.
Miller’s representative might not be right away reached.
Authorities information reveal there were more than 800,000 foreign trainees with active visas in 2022, up from 275,000 in 2012.
The interview with Miller is arranged to air on Sunday.
Canada is a popular location for worldwide trainees given that it is reasonably simple to get a work license.
The Liberal federal government drifted the concept of topping the variety of foreign trainee visas in August, however Housing Minister Sean Fraser stated then that the federal government had actually not yet decided of whether to pursue that choice.
Miller stated he prepared to talk about the issue with provincial equivalents.
Trudeau’s Liberals have actually seen their appeal drop after more than 8 years in workplace, with surveys positioning them well behind the main opposition Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre, who have actually slammed the federal government for not appropriately handling the real estate problem.