Indian students have initiated a vehement protest against new laws introduced by the Canadian government, which has put the former at deportation risk. Uncertainty has been looming over the fate of nearly 70,000 student graduates due to the abrupt change in the immigration policy of Canada.
Indian students have been camping in front of the legislative assembly in Canada's Prince Edward Island province, protesting the sudden policy change for over three months. Similar demonstrations have also happened in the provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia.
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Under the new policy, Canada has decided to reduce the number of permanent residency nominations by 25 per cent, besides limiting study permits.
Indicating that the big reform was in the offing, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller, in an interview, said, “Now it’s time to take a look at them and put real options on the table for the Prime Minister and for other Cabinet ministers to look at, and not cosmetic changes simply to deal with public opinion. Real significant change.”
This came after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the government was mulling an overhaul of the Temporary Foreign Workers Programme (TFWP). “We are tightening the rules and restricting eligibility to reduce the number of low-wage, temporary foreign workers in Canada, with exceptions in certain industries like health care, construction and food security,” he said while interacting with media in Halifax.
The Ministry of Employment and Social Development of Canada (ESDC) announced that starting September 26, the government would no longer process applications under the low-wage stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in census metropolitan areas with an unemployment rate of 6 per cent or higher.
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Additionally, employers will be restricted to hiring only 10 per cent of their workforce through this stream, down from the current 20 per cent, and the employment duration for such workers will be reduced from two years to one.