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Change The Rules
Get Organized!

IN THE NEWS

The Globe and Mail:
On Work Restrictions

The Right To Work!

Job Restrictions
Are Changing

IN CANADA:
What is Changing?

Work Off Campus
In QC, MB, and NB

IN SASKATCHEWAN:
Is Anything Happening?

Is The Immigration Program Is Expanding?

Work Permits Are Still Restricted To Graduates

E-mail The Honorable Pat Atkinson: The Minister of Immigration

IN OTHER PROVINCES

Nova Scotia
Quebec

IN OTHER COUNTRIES

Competing With England

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We are petitioning the Saskatchewan Government to change the rules.

I believe there are important reasons for this initiative to succeed.

1. The Working Off campus Restrictions Are Hurting Foreign Students.

Financially, many international students are having difficulties. They usually pay twice as much in tuition as Canadian students. And, fees are rapidly rising. Work restrictions are hurting foreign students because there is little to no chance of off-campus employment to help cover the necessary costs. Therefore, more and more, less fortunate students will be forced to leave, or unable to come. Off campus work is needed to allow students the opportunity to both experience the Canadian workplace, as well as to earn money to support their education.

2. The Working Off Campus Restrictions Are Hurting Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan needs the economic contribution of these international students. Allowing them to work off campus and to earn income will enable them to put down roots, and stay in the community after graduation. Saskatchewan must develop a coordinated approach, involving residents, the public/private sector, and immigrant communities, to encourage foreign students to come and stay.

3. Working Off Campus Restrictions Are Hurting Canada.

Recognizing this, some provinces, like Manitoba, New Brunswick, and Quebec have launched a joint federal-provincial pilot program to allow foreign students to work off campus. Saskatchewan can be next.

4. Saskatchewan Must Remove its Off Campus Work Restrictions to Compete.

Saskatchewan must form a joint agreement with the federal government now. Otherwise, we’ll fall behind the competition. Currently, Britain allows students to work off campus. Australia and New Zealand have also liberalized to a far greater extent the possibility of employment off campus. Saskatchewan must follow suit, or international students will go elsewhere.

5. Let’s change the rules in Saskatchewan to help foreign students, and to help ourselves.