Amid a cost-of-living crisis, the financial guarantees imposed on permanent residents and international students appear grossly outdated.
The $10,000 deposit asked of international students seems outdated amid a housing crisis, rising rents and tuition fees that are five times
Experts believe that newcomers and refugees are handling the historically high inflation in a precarious way, compared to settled immigrants.
5.8 million Canadians, including 1.4 million children, in Canada's 10 provinces lived in food-insecure households in 2021
With the Consumer Price Index at a 30-year high, most Canadians — including new immigrants — are feeling "stressed and sleepless."