The federal government is considering a cap on the number of international students to ease the pressure on the housing market, says the man now tasked with tackling Canada’s housing crisis.
“I think that’s one of the options that we ought to consider,” federal Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Sean Fraser told reporters as the Liberal cabinet gathered in Charlottetown on Monday.
“I think we need to do some serious thinking here.”
Canada hosted more than 800,000 international students last year, according to the government’s figures.
Fraser — who was the immigration minister until last month’s cabinet shuffle — said he plans to sit down with post-secondary institutions to
