Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has announced the federal government is temporarily lifting
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser.
of the cap on the number of hours that eligible post-secondary international students are allowed to work off-campus while class is in session.
The Central Nova MP says international students had been limited to working a maximum of 20 hours per week.
Fraser says this change is not only good news for international students but also Canadian businesses.
Fraser says a lot of the empty jobs are in the service sector, and there are international students that would like to pick up extra shifts to earn a little more money. Fraser says with so many jobs available, all the tools have to be explored to get more workers into the economy. There are more than half a million international students in Canada.
The cap will be lifted from November 15th to the end of December, 2023.