Recently, Canada's immigration minister, Marc Miller called out schools that have seen spikes in asylum claims from international students saying they were "alarming, and totally unacceptable." Is Canada's study-permit system being exploited, or are students simply being used a scapegoats?

For more on this we're joined by: Ruby Sahota (Chief Government Whip and Liberal MP, Brampton North), Anne Woolger (Founding Director, Matthew House Refugee Services Toronto), and Aadil Mangalji (immigration lawyer and Partner at Long Mangalji LLP).

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