With the stated goal of targeting institutional “bad actors” — and amid concern about the impact growing numbers of international students are having on the housing market — Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced on Monday that the federal government will cap the number for student visas to be granted over the next two years.
Finance Minister Allan MacMaster has tabled his government’s third budget, a document that continues massive spending on health care but also gives a nod to cost-of-living pressures as the province gets closer to an election year.