Face-off between students and Indian-Canadians in Canada over jobs

The Indian-Canadians have alleged that international students are stealing their jobs in Canada.

Brampton resident Abhinav Patel wrote a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blaming Indian students, who form chunk in provinces like Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.

Patel has been quoted by The Times of India as saying, "These students work overtime, stealing our jobs. Go to your homes, we have been here for twenty years and still feeding our kids...All we want is strong regulations in place. Employers benefit as they pay less than minimum wages to the students gets to work beyond 20 hours per week."

However, at a recent town hall meeting, which consisted of representatives from federal, provincial and municipal authorities, found that the foreign students are not solely to blame for the situation.

It is a popular belief that the international students, who come to Canada, often live in the basement. But Gurpreet Kaur from Phagwara disagrees.

Gurpreet after enrolling for a course at a college in Brampton found that the student unions are largely led by Punjabi youth.

Slogans, luxury cars are all evident in Brampton.

Parminder Sandhu, on the other hand, is afraid of the rising tension between students and Canadian-policy makers in the wake of the spike in violence in Brampton.