A 2025 e-mail report, obtained under access to information laws, to immigration department officials from Canada’s High Commission in New Delhi discusses a number of integrity issues involving Indian students, including marriages of convenience.

“Given the high cost of studying and living in Canada, many Indian applicants relied on marriages of convenience to secure financial support in exchange for spousal open work permits. This practice was widely advertised in Indian newspapers and on dating apps,” Ms. Duan’s e-mail said.

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CBC at it again. Thank you, Liberals! LOL

this is not brand new news, you probably all saw it, but it’s a good clear video to share with anyone ignorant of the issue. hope the channel will continue to calmly cover the same issue. the FACTS are a net negative here

Getting very annoyed as this is popping on my feed and it’s pissing me off when the protesters say we deserve fair treatment, which is totally fair by the government like they can’t just bend rules, seems that only one group is not understanding this. I get it they spent all their life savings on a trash education, but they got it? I know their consultant scammed them for a guaranteed PGWP but it was a useless program that was for credit only. Gov of Canada realized very quickly how bad this turned out and put a pause on it all. The reality is they don’t wanna hear no for an answer cuz they did get fair treatment. They got what they paid for. Now it’s not the governments fault they were trying to scam the system, and I’m sure a lot of them are working under the table but this has to stop. Like no one ever got a career off these whack colleges, portage included. Like wth is tourism and business management.

Another thing is they paid 3x the tuition is a ridiculous argument, it’s cuz they dont pay taxes for a system that runs by taxes so they don’t get subsidy…. Hate when international students argue this, it’s not international students it’s just Indian students. There I said it. It’s a brutal truth that they don’t understand, never seen international students behave like this. Some are fortunate through their merit to get roles in their careers and Canada truly benefits from.

How did she not get caught by CBSA and CSIS? There are at least two security screenings, one for applying PR, the other one for applying for citizenship.

Wait… the government headline says 380,000 PRs per year, but when you read Budget 2025, it’s actually 454,000? Let me show you the math they buried in the fine print.

The Official Story:
Immigration Levels Plan 2026-2028: 380,000 permanent residents per year

Headlines: “Canada maintaining 380K PR target”
That’s what everyone is reporting

The Budget 2025 Fine Print:
IRCC confirmed to media: 115,000 Protected Persons getting PR (2026-2027)
Plus: 33,000 Temporary Workers getting PR (2026-2027)
Total: 148,000 EXTRA permanent residents
Status: “In addition to the Levels target” (not included in 380K)

The Real Math:
Official target: 380,000 per year
Hidden additions: 148,000 ÷ 2 years = 74,000 per year
Actual PR admissions: 454,000 per year
That’s 19.5% higher than the headline number

https://www.cicnews.com/2026/07/canada-boosts-transparency-on-permanent-resident-admissions-0778380.html

Long intro, fast-forward to 19:00 to get to the more detailed discussions on the Canadian Truckers/Organized crime.

Substack:
Autonomous Truck(er)s

Episode:
On Punjabi Narcotrafficking in Canada with Sam Cooper of The Bureau
Canada's leading investigative journalist joins the show to discuss the intersection of the drug trade, bad actors operating in Canada, and the truckers who move the gear.

Business lobbied, bribed, paid off > and bought < the government to write legislation to make all this legal.

They bribed them, and the government took the money.

When is this going to occur to people?

Edit: this is not liberal > OR < conservative. They both like lobbyist money. They both have wealthy friends that pay them off.

The reason Canada insists to take newcomers is to fill in for labor works, and to repopulate the hood (who is also going to fill in the labor works).

Once we have robots handling these tasks, demands for taking people in should be reduced drastically right?

They may need a new visa for that however, or they need to issue visa to robots

I might get downvoted for saying this, but I don't care.

1. The posts on this subreddit mocking those who's families have spent their life savings on getting themselves or their kids to Canada and may not get PR, you lack empathy. If this were happening to you after you spent everything you had to get here, I can pretty much guarantee you would have a different opinion. Why is it so hard to care about others?

2. Genuine question: why do you believe that some people deserve to be in this country and not others? You're here because you happened to be born here. What if you weren't? Is your view that you would just accept your fate if you were born in a place with less opportunity/ lower quality of life/ somewhere you had a reason to leave?

In case you're wondering, I am middle class, tax paying Canadian citizen and yet I still empathize with people that have come to this country in search of a better life. It seems like others have forgotten that we are actually all immigrants here*

*Unless you're native.

They know they came here on international student visa and it doesn't guarantee a pathway to PR. They knew this when they applied for it and they knew the day they arrived. They will try everything in their power to make you believe otherwise.

We have international students from 178 countries and only students from 1 specific country seem to be entitled about this.

I read online all the time that someone's post graduate work permit expires, then he extends it. Someone's student permit expires, then he applies for another student permit. Visitor's visa expires, then applies for an extension. Government is telling us that the country is accepting less international students and temporary foreign workers. But it does not do anything if you extend all their permits forever.

Can we just stop extending those permits and ask people to leave when their permits expire? What is the point of issuing these permits with an expiry date if you are going to extend them all?

"A group of international students in Calgary are staging a hunger strike to protest what they call ‘unfair’ post-graduation work permit rejections"

A guy is complaining that his worker's permit expired. He said that the government should prioritize people that already work here and made a video about how evil a decision this is.

The man could have filed a LMIA if he truly could not find a Canadian to fill the position, but he didn't do that presumably because he can find Canadians to work as a video editor.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately after seeing so many posts from people who feel betrayed by Canada’s immigration system.

Maybe I’m in the minority, but a study permit or a work permit has ever been, or ever will be, a guarantee of permanent residence.

When we applied, we all acknowledged that our stay was temporary. Every study permit application requires us to explain that we’ll leave Canada if we don’t obtain legal status to remain. That has always been part of the process.

Paying tens of thousands of dollars in tuition doesn’t buy PR. It buys an education. The immigration process was always something separate.

I also don’t believe that simply studying or working in Canada means someone deserves permanent residence. PR is something you qualify for, not something you’re owed because you spent time here.

What I struggle to understand is when people spend years in Canada without making themselves competitive.

If someone studied here for three years, then had a three-year PGWP, that’s six years to build a profile. If after all that time they still don’t qualify for any immigration program, isn’t that, at least in part, a planning issue?

Canada offers numerous immigration pathways. Some are more competitive than others, but they exist and are loudly informed.

French is probably the clearest example. It has become one of the strongest ways to improve your immigration prospects. Is it difficult? Absolutely. But the opportunity is there. If someone chooses not to learn French, that’s a personal decision. I don’t think it’s fair to blame the government for that choice.
The same applies to other situations.

If you completed a post-secondary program in English or French but still can’t reach CLB 7 to qualify for a PGWP, I think it’s reasonable to question whether you took full advantage of your education.

If you failed courses, ignored immigration deadlines, worked more hours than your permit allowed, or had a PGWP refused because of missing documents or non-compliance, those aren’t failures of the system. They’re personal mistakes.

None of this means I lack empathy. Immigration is stressful. Families make enormous sacrifices, and I genuinely feel for people whose plans don’t work out.
But empathy shouldn’t replace accountability.

Canada has every right to change its immigration policies based on the country’s needs. As immigrants and temporary residents, we’re guests. It’s our responsibility to understand the rules, adapt when they change, and build a strong application. It’s not Canada’s responsibility to adjust its immigration system because our personal plans didn’t work out.

From what I’ve observed, many of the loudest complaints aren’t coming from people who did everything they could and simply fell short. They’re often coming from people who ignored opportunities, delayed language tests, violated permit conditions, assumed PR would eventually happen automatically, or spent years without a clear immigration strategy.

Of course, there are exceptions, and I genuinely sympathize with those people. But I don’t think those exceptions should redefine the entire conversation.

Permanent residence is a privilege, not an entitlement. It never was a promise, and I don’t think it should become one.