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Canada’s immigration minister is pushing back against provincial assertions that the federal government didn’t consult with Ontario over the international student cap that upended the post-secondary sector.
The Ford government has repeatedly accused Ottawa of dropping the cap on international students out of nowhere.
Minister of Colleges and Universities Jill Dunlop previously said a lack of consultation had caused “chaos” in the province and Premier Doug Ford said the Trudeau government had “taken a sledgehammer to the whole system” and “blindsided” him.
On Tuesday, however, Immigration Minister Marc Miller called the claims “complete garbage.”
He said his office had, through public announcements and private conversations, been telling Ontario “quite clearly that they need to get their house in order,” with some colleges overreliant on international students to bring money in after a years-long tuition freeze.
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