That's not entirely true. They posted the news that people from Czech no longer needed to apply for a TRV with the words "effective immediately" so if the proposed changes will go through Jan 1st it may be posted Jan 1st or even 2nd on CIC.Swathi.life said:if the rule has to be applied from Jan Intake, by now they would have updated on the CIC website..
The proposed changes were posted dec 28 2012
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2012/2012-12-28.asp
Since then nothing has been posted on CIC's website.
However, today I found this little PDF which is quite interesting to read.
http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/isp/docs/Overview-of-Proposed-Changes-to-ISP.pdf
That's from January 2013 and details what parts of the current study permit regulations are proposed to change and to what or if at all.
I sure hope the proposed changes take effect jan 1st because I'm tired of twiddling my thumbs between classes.