However, if demographic weight is the basis for determining the number of study permits issued, logically, Quebec should not be affected or should be much less affected than Ontario. Normally, your department should not lower the threshold in Quebec when it approves study permits.
I suppose you can't answer that question. Very well. Not to worry.
Minister Miller blocked access to post-graduate work permits for students who have completed certain programs. There were changes in that regard. The Fédération des cégeps, in particular, raised the alarm that this change could harm it and that Quebec regions, in particular, might suffer as a result. The fact is that international students are often enrolled in regional college programs. They come to study under these programs that are directly connected to the socio-economic needs of the region in which they are offered.
I'll give you an example. The Cégep de St-Félicien offers a course on wood processing, a very important sector in Quebec, especially in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. These students will no longer be able to access the postgraduate work permit; however, I'm not sure I understand the rationale for such a measure. It probably doesn't change the threshold for foreign students who are accepted, since we're talking about a postgraduate permit here.
Why don't we want to give them access to the postgraduate work permit once they've been accepted?