Reminder #2
Dear Prime Minister @MarkJCarney@CanadianPM and @CitImmCanada
Canada urgently needs to explain what is happening to hundreds of Alberta Portage College/CIOT students.
These students were admitted to an IRCC-approved DLI, received IRCC-approved study permits, invested $30,000–$50,000 in tuition and living expenses, completed their studies, and followed the rules.
Now, since July 8, many have received PGWP refusals stating their programs are “non-credit.” Yet students are questioning why this criterion is not clearly reflected in IRCC’s publicly available operational instructions. At the same time, some students from similar programs have reportedly been approved while many others have been refused. How can identical situations lead to different outcomes?
During COVID-19, many of these same students were celebrated as frontline heroes, working in long-term care and essential services. Canada extended opportunities for many who stepped up when the country needed them.
Today, those same students are losing their ability to work, losing their maintained status, and facing uncertainty because of inconsistent PGWP decisions.
How is this fair?
If there has been a policy change, publish it clearly. If there has been an error or inconsistent decision-making, acknowledge it and review the affected files.
International students trusted Canada’s immigration system, invested their futures here, and contributed to Canadian communities. They deserve transparency, consistency, and procedural fairness—not silence.
Please review these cases before more lives are disrupted.
#PGWP #InternationalStudents #Canada #IRCC #Immigration #Justice #Alberta #PortageCollege #CIOT
@LenaMetlegeDiab@MarkJCarney@CanadianPM@SeanFraserMP@MarcMillerVM@ABDanielleSmith
40 years ago today, the Indian State organized mobs to hunt and exterminate Sikhs.
Armed with voter lists and kerosene they targeted Sikh homes and burned Sikhs alive.
The wounds of the 1984 Sikh Genocide were ripped open in India’s most recent campaign of violence against Sikhs – this time on Canadian soil.
The NDP will introduce a motion to officially recognize of the Sikh Genocide in Parliament.
#NeverForget1984.
It has come to our notice that the Indian international students including those from Punjab state, are facing several problems in Canada. Recently, a group of Indian students held protest in Brampton, while demanding resolution to their problems. These students are thousands of kilometers away from their country and parents, who went to Canada for studies and career.
We request the Governments of India and Canada to initiate talks with each other, to resolve the problems faced by the Indian students while understanding their life and career related concerns.
@DrSJaishankar@MEAIndia@JustinTrudeau@HarjitSajjan@theJagmeetSingh@iHarkiratSingh
Asi dono hi kal burkina faso pohche c sanu pohchde hi road to police ne Arrest kr leya te asi kayi war indian embassy nu call kiti par koi jawaab nai mileya te na hi kise ne whatsapp te msg dekhe even net off krke baithe c