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I have a POE letter with the same thing. I freaked out upon finding out as I was suppose to fly to Canada during the week for my study permit. However I emailed the Embassy and they told me I can travel with both. And I did travel with both old passport with the valid visa inside and new passport.
Greetings from Vancouver. With study permit. Just posting for future individuals like me.
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Your PoE letter is an official letter from the Canadian immigration authority saying that you have been approved for a particular kind of permit or visa to stay in Canada in some capacity other than as a tourist or business visitor.
As such, it stands to reason that your earlier visa may not be applicable to your future visit, especially if it is a regular visitor's visa.
But reason aside, you report that your PoE letter
mentioned I need to apply for visa again if have new passport.
If that is true, nobody here can contradict that requirement. You might try asking a Canadian government official if you can use your old visa, but if the letter says explicitly that you cannot, it's unlikely that anyone will tell you anything different.