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Happy Monday morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Federal government is ramping up the noise amidst dismal polling numbers and a federal election only two years away. We had a cabinet shuffle just a few weeks ago, which included the immigration minister becoming the new housing minister. This week they arranged a housing retreat in Prince Edward Island to brainstorm the path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a barrage of outspoken economists, and a plethora of media attention, the immigration file is finally getting some attention in Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe international student program has seen such growth in such concentrated areas that it is really starting to put an unprecedented level of demand, in some instances on the job market, but given the economic conditions we\u2019ve been living with for the past couple of years, you see it in a more pronounced way in the housing market,\u201d said immigration minister turned housng minister, Sean Fraser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked about putting a cap on such enrolments, Fraser said it\u2019s one of the options the feds are willing to consider \u2014 albeit not at this stage in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think we should start by trying to partner with institutions to understand what role they may play to reduce the pressure on the communities that they\u2019re operating within,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll have more to say after I\u2019ve had the chance to engage with Minister Miller.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ontario international student boom in a single chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n