Indian Students Say Canada Is Exploiting Them For Cheap Labour
Some international students accuse the Canadian government of using them as a source of cheap labor and discarding them when they are no longer needed. Last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government allowed about 50,000 foreign students to stay for 18 months after graduating to look for work, at a time when the economy was reopening from Covid shutdowns and companies needed to hire. The government sold the permit extension as a way to “help more graduates meet pressing needs” in key fields and allow them to gain the work experience needed for permanent immigration....