Canada's new Parliament should focus on immigration and international education
Each year, hundreds of thousands of students from around the world come to Canada to pursue their studies. Over the last 20 years, the number of international students studying here has tripled to nearly 600,000, divided between universities, colleges and primary/secondary education. These students do more than bring new ideas and fresh thinking; they also contribute $24 billion to the economy and subsidize tuition for Canadian citizens. This was a well-oiled machine until COVID threw a wrench into it.
Canadians have long valued our merit-based immigration system, which prioritized those who have a Canadian education or have skills that the Canadian economy needs. This has made our immigration system the envy of the world and has helped provide a pipeline of essential workers in critical industries such as health care.
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