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International students living in Canada will now be able to work while enrolled in school. Until now, that hasn't been allowed except at a few pilot projects.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced twin initiatives,
the first allowing international students to work off-campus while
completing their studies and the second allowing them to work for a
second year after graduation.
This second initiative will apply outside of Montreal, Toronto and
Vancouver to help spread the benefits of immigration to more regions in
Canada. The Government of Canada is investing $10 million a year for
five years to support this strategy.
Immigration Minister Joe Volpe expects the change will be a big boost
to the recruitment of international students. In 2001, 60,000 students
from abroad came to study at Canadian universities.
With these changes, the immigration department thinks that number could
jump by 20,000 and it will spend $50 million over five years to meet
higher demand.
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