Canada: foreign students will be able to work up to 24 hours a week

On 29 April, Canada’s immigration minister Marc Miller presented new rules governing the employment of foreign students. From September, foreign students will be able to work up to 24 hours a week. The 20-hour-per-week limit on the number of hours international students are allowed to work will be abolished. These new rules should enable students to offset the cost of their tuition while remaining focused on their studies, and avoid courses “attracting more and more applicants whose primary...