e-1542 (Employment)
- Keywords
- Colleges and universities
- Immigration and immigrants
- Post-Graduation Work Permit Program
- Work permits
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Career colleges are post-secondary institutions, regulated by provincial governments, in existence since the early 1800s, and delivering education and training to over 150,000 students in Canada;
- The Post-Graduate Work Permit Program is operated by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada pursuant to the Immigration and Refugees Protection Act;
- International students attending regulated career colleges, outside of Québec are ineligible for the Post-Graduate Work Permit Program;
- International students who attend regulated career colleges are at a disadvantage, compared to other international students attending public institutions, due to their ineligibility to access the Post-Graduate Work Permit Program, which may be seen as discriminatory against these students and regulated career colleges;
- Giving access to the Post-Graduate Work Permit Program to international students would benefit Canada and help our country attain its objectives in attracting a qualified workforce for the future;
- Sections 200 and 205 of the Immigration and Refugees Protection Act provide the Minister authority to implement a Post-Graduate Work Permit Program but not authority to discriminate against regulated career colleges; and
- A list of designated learning institutions has been developed, with guidelines from the federal government and the provincial governments, identifying regulated colleges able to receive international students.
- Open for signature
- March 2, 2018, at 2:02 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 30, 2018, at 2:02 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Hedy Fry
(Vancouver Centre)
December 12, 2018 (Petition No. 421-03093) - Government response tabled
- January 28, 2019
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 303 |
British Columbia | 931 |
Manitoba | 41 |
New Brunswick | 103 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 119 |
Northwest Territories | 1 |
Nova Scotia | 175 |
Nunavut | 1 |
Ontario | 1068 |
Prince Edward Island | 6 |
Quebec | 21 |
Saskatchewan | 69 |
Yukon | 1 |