My understanding is that they cut way down or totally visas for-profit or dubious private colleges (ie., CCs). Universities were much less affected but those in Ontario did see a 48% reduction in visa attribution - each province has a set number and Ontario had the most international students. For exchange programs, they must be reduced to a semester and no longer a year (all dual degrees are negotiating since this jeopardizes all of them).
Québec has a new provision regarding French -80% graduates must reach intermediate oral proficiency by graduation, meaning they must be able to understand and speak at a HS level 4 level, something that should not be difficult to reach with free classes offered and living in a bilingual city. However universities have stressed they will not have a French proficiency test to determine graduation.
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