Foreign students withdrawing from programs. Tourists cancelling their trips. Foreigners not being able to visit their loved ones here — even in times of family emergencies.

As a strike by foreign service workers drags on, its impact is being felt from coast to coast by the tourism and education sectors, as well as by people worldwide who need visas to come to Canada.

Despite an offer issued last week by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers for a binding arbitration, Treasury Board President Tony Clement has not budged to the union’s demands.

On Monday, Clement’s press secretary Matthew Conway said the minister was still reviewing the union’s offer as the deadline looms by noon Tuesday. If the government rejects the offer, the disruption can be dragged on indefinitely.