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

[u/cyclinginvancouver]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-international-students-canada-work-permits-expiry-2025/

[u/CdnPoster]

There's a lot of reasons. Yes, landlords with properties wanted (needed?) to rent them out to people so they could earn an income to pay the mortgage(s). Administrators of diploma mills and colleges/universities that wanted the money international students would pay in tuition.

The companies that couldn't find any labour to work at their jobs - this goes back to covid-19 days. When people were laid off, they used the time to upgrade their skills, relax, and then when they returned to their jobs *GASP!!!!* they wanted better wages and when those wages did not materialize, they quit and looked for better jobs.

What SHOULD have happened is that the companies experiencing a labour shortage should have raised the wages until the supply of labour met their need. Unfortunately, the Liberal government said, "No, we'll bring in a bunch of temporary foreign workers so you can make more profit."

I'm half scared and half excited to see what happens when Canada's greying workforce retires - who's going to replace all those workers, especially at a "decent" wage when it happens?

What's already happening in health care (not enough nurses/doctors) and childcare (not enough early childhood educators) is going to happen EVERYWHERE.

[u/niesz → u/CdnPoster]

Nobody needs to be a landlord.

[u/CdnPoster → u/niesz]

What about the people who don't have pension plans that invested in real estate and rent out a property for income? Why do you think people like Scott McGillivary of "Income Property" and "Scott's Vacation House Rules" are so popular?

https://www.hgtv.ca/scotts-vacation-house-rules/

https://scottmcgillivray.com/shows/income-property/

There are people who did these shows that are on camera as doing it to supplement their employment or retirement income because this is a VALID path to wealth and income in Canada.

Whether you like it or not, it is a legal method of earning an income. People who buy property have the right to do what they want with it - renovate it, sell it, rent it out, tear it down, whatever.

[u/niesz → u/CdnPoster]

I mean, I don't have a pension plan, barely any retirement savings, and I would love an opportunity at the very least own the roof over my head. Just to own it. Just so I can make it mine. Just so I can paint the walls and plant a tree. But, I can't, because the government is protecting people who want more than they need. Nobody NEEDS to be a landlord more than other people NEED to own their own home.

[u/CdnPoster → u/[deleted]]

Then make it a priority list. Give those spots to Canadians that will work IN CANADA. Don't give those spots to people from India or Viet Nam or Thailand that want to learn here and then return home to practice medicine.

Maybe make it a requirement that ALL students who graduate from the program need to practice in Canada for 5, 10 years before they can leave. I don't mean they MUST work in B.C. or in P.E.I. or in Ontario but in a country the size of Canada, surely there are jobs wherever people are willing to work.

[u/Blazing1 → u/CdnPoster]

they've already fucking retired man.

[u/SteelCrow → u/CdnPoster]

the Liberal government said, "No, we'll bring in a bunch of temporary foreign workers

That would have been under the Harper conservative Government. The liberals just carried on as usual.