Quebec universities oppose suggestion by federal minister to cap student visas
BNN Bloomberg
Quebec university administrators, professors and students are rejecting an idea by the federal housing minister that Canada could cap the number of international study permits it issues as a way to ease the country's housing shortage.
They say that limiting the number of international students will do little to address the housing crunch and would instead hurt university research and deprive Quebec of skilled immigrants.
Daniel Jutras, the rector of Université de Montréal, says Canada's housing crisis is not the result of the rise in international students to the country.
"The (housing) problem is real, the problem is serious, but it's a problem that's been developing over the past two decades as a result of structural issues that I think are not related directly to the influx of international students," Jutras said.
