“There were 18 percent students from around the world taking our kids’ seats and then not even staying here and going back to their country, and it’s just not right,” Ford told reporters.
On Friday, Ontario officials announced that international students will be prohibited from attending its medical schools comes 2026 as the province moves to put Canadian students first. Premier Doug Ford said that the province will cover tuition costs for over 1,000 students who apply for its new grant program and commit to becoming family doctors in Ontario.
Ontario lawmakers explained that the legislation’s goals would allow 2.5 million of its residents who don’t have a family doctor to obtain one. Data shows that 12 percent of Ontarians do not have a family doctor, as per a study conducted by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
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