As Canada continues to grapple with a housing crisis, the conversation is increasingly turning to international students coming into the country. But multiple provinces are pushing back on federal suggestions that an international student cap could help solve the problem, and say they haven’t been consulted. Immigration Minister Marc Miller, Housing Minister Sean Fraser and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc have all indicated that Ottawa is considering a cap on student intake.
Three provinces, British Columbia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador, told Global News they had not been consulted on any proposed cap. Only the government of the Northwest Territories said it had been in contact with Ottawa about a proposed student cap.