Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. May 8th, 2026 | Unpublished
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. May 8th, 2026

May 8, 2026

According to a new report from Statistics Canada, Ontario is set to lose more than 33 percent of its international student population because of Canada’s student permit cap. Those limitations were introduced by the federal government in January of 2024. Joining Kristy Cameron with his reaction is Rob Kristofferson. He is the President of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations. Meantime, the Ottawa Charge have a hockey game to win, as their PWHL playoff series with the Boston Fleet shifts to Kanata! CFRA’s Chris Holski has a preview of Game 3 – which he will be attending in a matter of hours.



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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mexican leaders are weighing a U.S. proposal to revise the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement’s (CUSMA) auto rules of origin — changes that could force a major restructuring of North America’s tightly integrated auto supply chains. Last week, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s team told their Mexican counterparts that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration wants to raise the overall required North American parts threshold from 75 to 82 per cent and, more controversially, require that 50 per cent of all components originate specifically in the United States....
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