The problem is and always has been predatory "career collages" that dish out diplomas that aren't worth the paper they are printed on. International students are needed if we want to attract the talent to build a real future for Canada that is not based on US Data Centres and Pipelines. The anti Immigration policies are also hurting legitimate Canadain universities who rely on foreign students to make up for decades of funding cuts, because word has gotten out that Canada doesn't want them here.

This turn against immigration is really the dumbest, most self-defeating thing Canada can be getting up to. You know why the US presents such a threat to us? Because they represent a productive capacity of around ~340 million people while we represent a productive capacity of ~40 million people. They managed that by having extremely lenient citizenship requirements (for whites, but we can adopt similar policy without the racism) for most of their history.

Pursuant to this power, Congress in 1790 passed the first naturalization law for the United States, the Naturalization Act of 1790. The law enabled those who had resided in the country for two years and had kept their current state of residence for a year to apply for citizenship. However, it restricted naturalization to "free white persons" of "good character". Oddly, the law authorized any "court of record" to perform naturalization. In other words, for over 110 years, any federal or state court of record could naturalize a qualified applicant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_immigration_and_nationality_law_in_the_United_States

Which, far from collapsing, turned it into the wealthiest and most productive country on Earth at the time.

Speaking of which, I feel like many people are missing the context here (ahem redditors)

When Canada ended PGWPs for colleges in fields that aren't in demand, it only applied to people enrolling after a certain date. These students were enrolled before then.

Another thing is IRCC never mentioned anything about non-credit classes being ineligible for pgwp until after they graduated and applied for PGWP. So by our rules, these students can get a work permit but Canada won't give it to them.

Now this is scary. Why? Because it shows IRCC is willing to make up its own rule and enforce it without regard to others, especially to applications already in process. And people aren't going to trust Canada to respect them while being here. It's basically "I'm altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it further" line from Darth Vader.

That's why I believe these former students deserve PGWPs. They're not the norm. They are the exception. And it's simply following our own rules. We've asked international students to follow the rules here. It's time we also follow our own rules as well

And we're not going to get cases like these in the future with the changed rules