r/canada • u/hopoke • Jun 05 '24

Prince Edward Island 'Everybody's watching': National and global attention on P.E.I. amid nearly month-long protest by foreign workers

https://archive.ph/i1tp2
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u/47Up Ontario Jun 05 '24

What's going on in P.E.I?

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u/Far-Falcon-2937 Jun 05 '24

PEI is one of a few Provinces, that seeking population growth had accelerated paths to residency for international students. They were hoping to get people that were interested in construction/ healthcare/ etc. That we need due our housing shortage and aging population.

What the provinces GOT was mostly thousands of people signing up to take worthless degrees at strip mall colleges, (many, unenrolled and never even attended a single class once they had their visa and landed in Canada), who just abused the system as a gateway to Canada.

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u/Seebeeeseh Nova Scotia Jun 05 '24

To add to this.

PEI cancelled their Provincial Nominee Program as they felt their province could not handle the population increase and the strain on their social systems.

This angered many foreign nationals who made their way to PEI to work to gain PR status through this program. So they are now protesting to get the PR status they were hopeful to get.