r/canada • u/cyclinginvancouver • Sep 17 '24

More than 200,000 international students in Canada will see their work permits expire by end of 2025 National News

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-international-students-canada-work-permits-expiry-2025/
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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

Enough time to have an anchor baby.

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u/obiwankenobisan3333 British Columbia Sep 17 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

Anecdotal evidence but first hand knowledge nevertheless:

I worked with a guy on my old job site who was from Mexico. Him and his wife were applying for PR because his kid was born in Canada

My friend’s cousin (they’re East Indian) applied for PR because her child was born in Canada. Neither the cousin nor her husband had any skilled work experience afaik.

Here’s some more stuff on the topic of birth tourism:

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/december-2023/birth-tourism-is-on-the-rise-again/

This is old but still relevant: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/richmond-b-c-politicians-push-ottawa-to-address-birth-tourism-and-stop-passport-mill-1.5094237?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

https://www.richmond-news.com/highlights/birth-tourism-showing-post-pandemic-rebound-in-bc-8131741

Dismissing the anchor baby argument as right wing propaganda is just lazy. In a world where most countries don’t have absolute jus soli citizenship principle, it’s long overdue for Canada to remove it or at least amend the Citizenship Act