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Foreign students say Canada is exploiting them for ‘cheap labour’

FILE PHOTO: A sign advertising for employees is seen on the bakery Le Toledon in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Nov 11, 2021. (AFP)

Some foreign students are accusing the Canadian government of using them as a cheap source of labour and discarding them once they’re no longer needed.

Last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government allowed about 50,000 foreign students to stay for 18 months after graduation to seek employment, during a time when the economy was reopening from Covid shutdowns and companies needed to hire.

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