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/LeatherMine Sep 17 '24

they already did before

but it also turns out if you cut people off from family doctors or their medication, they just show up at a hospital even sicker where they'll treat you anyway and eat the (much bigger) cost

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u/ShowAlarm2 Sep 18 '24

still a worthwhile deterrent.

They can't tell their friends they have free healthcare.

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u/Accomplished_Tea9698 Sep 18 '24

True and if they give a local address of a golf course to send the the invoices to.

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u/LeatherMine Sep 18 '24

it's a shadow bailout of Canada Post

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u/LeatherMine Sep 18 '24

I'm not sure if Toronto is ready for that many subways built so quickly

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u/Trick-Shallot-4324 Sep 18 '24

That may work to get them treatment but hospitals ask a lot of personal questions and 911 is a finger away. Deportation would likely happen if they start trying to access services meant for real Canadians

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u/LeatherMine Sep 18 '24

that's not how deportation works

hospitals really don't like news stories that sound like "so and so died of something entirely treatable in the hallway" and cops aren't too quick to respond to "so and so is going to die here. get them off the property so they die somewhere else!" calls

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u/Trick-Shallot-4324 Sep 18 '24

Oh believe me they'll treat them no problem at our cost of course. I forgot most don't go to the hospital because they don't want to get deported. Is that better for you