Big cuts on campus

And another Greenbelt bombshell

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THE OL’ COLLEGE TRY — It’s happening. After much musing over the possibility of a cap on international students amid a housing crisis, the feds are poised to bring down the hammer. Here’s what it could mean for Ontario.

The latest: “Starting later this year, the federal government will assign a fixed number of international study permits to each province.”

More from the Star, which nabbed an internal memo confirming the move: “Under the proposed plan, provinces would be provided an allotment from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for study permits, and each province would determine how the spots are going to be split among authorized post-secondary institutions within their jurisdictions.”

The why: Post-secondary institutions fall under provincial purview, but Ottawa has faced mounting criticism over its ambitious immigration targets as the country grapples with a lack of affordable housing. Foreign scholars are bearing the …