Ontario,Canada's worst-hit province which is battling the third wave of thecoronavirus, has sought a ban on the arrival of international students.
Currently,students from India make up the majority of international students studying inOntario.
Makingthis announcement on Friday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that since 94 percent of all new cases in Ontario are of new variant of the virus and are comingfrom outside, he would urge the federal government to ban the arrival ofInternational students into the province to check the spread of the virus.
ThePremier said, "Not enough is being done to keep these deadly variants outof Canada. Last week, the new Indian variant was reported here in Ontario. Itdidn't swim here I can tell you that."
Respondingto the Ontario Premier's request, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that hisgovernment would do everything to stop the spread of the virus.
Trudeausaid, "Premier Ford has asked that we should suspend the arrival ofinternational students and because at this time Ontario is the only provincemaking this request, we are happy to work narrowly with them."
Canadabanned all direct flights from India for one month earlier this week, afterHealth Canada statistics showed that many passengers from India were testingpositive for the virus.
Therewere 219,855 Indian students in Canada last year, making up about a third ofall 642,480 foreign students. The majority of them study in institutions inOntario.