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Citizenship and Immigration committee If we are not talking about provincial and federal government, I guess—
June 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Sofia Descalzi
Citizenship and Immigration committee Okay. Sorry. I didn't understand the question. I guess it would be providing more certainty into their status here. I keep repeating myself, but it's just very important for us students to also have health care coverage in all provinces and not have it expire every four months,
June 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Sofia Descalzi
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you for your questions. I think the answer to the first one is very simple. You should just eliminate the financial fees for international students. Universities have to stop increasing their fees, which are completely unregulated, in the form of ancillary fees or any oth
June 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Sofia Descalzi
Citizenship and Immigration committee I am not very familiar with all the points or the history of entry systems, but I can definitely assure that we can improve it to make it easier for international students to stay here.
June 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Sofia Descalzi
Citizenship and Immigration committee It is a very unrealistic expectation for international students to graduate and then find a position related to their field, particularly in a managerial position. That's one of the prerequisites to apply for permanent residency. I cannot really testify that I know of any. People
June 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Sofia Descalzi
Citizenship and Immigration committee Differential fees are, in my opinion, the first barrier to a student being able to come to or immigrate to Atlantic Canada. As an international student, I can say that it is very unfair. It just shows that there's really no respect for international students who want to come here
June 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Sofia Descalzi
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you for the question. One of the things that I have mentioned is making a smoother transition from being an international student to a permanent resident. I am actually going through the application processes now. For example, there are requirements for bank statements s
June 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Sofia Descalzi
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you. Thank you for the invitation here today. I am the chairperson-elect of the Canadian Federation of Students in Newfoundland and Labrador. Our federation represents over 600,000 post-secondary students across Canada on 80 different campuses, including all post-secondary
June 7th, 2017Committee meeting
Sofia Descalzi