International student spike fueled by a handful of public colleges, data shows
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2024
- Documents obtained by CBC News reveal which colleges and universities account for the greatest share of Canada's growth in international students, and which have the most to lose from a new study permit cap.
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As someone that lives near Conestoga, it's crazy here. The rapid ingestion of international students completely changed the fabric of the area. Applyboard, who is local to Kitchener, recruits students for its biggest partner: Conestoga College. Absolute racket going on right now.
I couldn't have said it any better.
Everyone knew it was public schools that were doing this for the past 10 years, CBC learned it today.
It's literally india here near Conestoga. It's absolutely nuts
we need to put caps on the immigrants numbers per country of origin, exactly like what the US does. US immigration act of 1990 states that each country is allotted only 7% of the yearly newcomers in the USA. That means a maximum of 45-50 thousand immigrants is allowed from each country. But in Canada we have at least 43% of all immigrants coming from India, excluding the international students.
Yeah i don't miss being in that school. Those students were rude
No international student should be allowed to be in a 2 year program... a lot of these "students" end up dropping out and find a way to stay permanently in Canada
@@122jawimmigration Canada. Has a lot of data on international students. That they come here solely to either have children. So their children our citizens. Under Canada's naturalized citizen law. Or they come here to Mary someone from their community that already has either landed immigrant status or citizenship. In fact, it's been proven time and time again that over 72% of them come here in order to receive citizenship. This isn't about racism. It's about facts and statistics. Asking for a source when you have the internet and you can go look these things up. Yourself is kind of a weird thing to do. You can go to immigration Canada and read these statistics yourself. And no, I'm not going to tell you the page. You do it. You're an adult. Figure it out.
Hey 122jaw u must not look around much eh that's all I see around me everywhere I go how about u what do u see tell us we would like 2 know I would anyways and please dont sound like a bleeding hearts kinda person then get back thanks
@@122jawjust look around
Yeah. Read above for starters and then get back after complete.@@122jaw
@@122jaw Well since I posted data and you took it down. I saw that you complained to CZcams about my comment. I'll post it again. Try not to be so offended. You have to run to the manager to get it taken down.
According to immigration's Canada and stats Canada. The majority of international students come here with the intent of staying. Also there's a high percentage of them that come here and have babies. Because under Canada's naturalization law their child is automatically a Canadian citizen because they were born in Canada. Even though neither of their parents are Canadian citizen. Also, a lot of them come here to get married to somebody who's early established in the country and has either citizenship or landed immigrants status. In fact, that's how we get most of our immigration in this country.
The fact that you need to ask for data in the internet generation is ridiculous. You can look at all up online. It's not a a super duper secret. To be completely honest I don't have a problem with immigration. I think we need immigration to run our country. And immigrants. Bring a lot of really great things into this country. But coming to this country under false pretenses is dishonest and quite honestly needs to be kabosched.
Also is somebody you had the privilege because that's what it is. I'll privilege to go to a two foreign countries and study you damn well. Better be able to support yourself when you go to that country. In most countries that accept foreign students, you sign a legally binding contract that you will be able to support not only yourself or your. Depending you bring into this country. That you will not rely on food, banks or any social program in that country in order to support yourself. Not that you won't get a job. That's not what they're saying. But you will have the financial means to support yourself in this country. And it's shameful the amount of them that go to food banks. It's so bad that food bank workers and people who run food bank have to tell them they can't come to the food bank. It is a disgrace not only to the country they originate from but to Canada that this is allowed to happen. In fact, in Australia if you're seeing using those kind of social programs as an international student, it is grounds for deportation. And they will deport you. Canada should follow suit. And don't tell me it's not happening. There's thousands of CZcams videos in foreign languages about how to go to the food bank and get free food. So you can make living in Canada cheaper. Disgusting.
This country is rotten pretty much in every sector: Real estate, homelessness, drugs, education, hospitals, military….
It’s sickening howmuch this current government damage Canada
Find somewhere better to live if it is that bad.
@@Rob-ou1py that's our home. If you don't recognise the problems usually means that you are part of it.
@@rkadius001 OK whatever works for you.
@@Rob-ou1py I have a house here in Toronto and a cottage in Muskoka why would I leave? maybe we want our children to not live in a garbage country where they can't afford to do what we did like simply own a house.
Very well said !!!@@rkadius001
It's an immigration loop hole for human smuggling/migration. How many of these so call international students leave after completing their courses?
None or a few of them
Did your ancestors leave after invading aboriginal lands? 😂
@@gagandhaliwal9391That’s totally different. I see international students come here to work and line up at food banks. That’s unacceptable because they supposed to come to study , and if they can’t afford the cost of living in Canada then they should not come at all .
@@gagandhaliwal9391 Off topic/timeline. See what cheap education do to people.
@@LinhLe-cc9of Yeah, it's totally different alright. The students were invited allowed to come to Canada whereas our ancestors invaded and massacred our way in.
In my class 90% students are international. They all say we don’t care if learn anything we just want to take PR card. The quality of education is horrible. We have teachers that are not fluent in English, can you believe that.
We can thank trudo..he bragged about massively increasing student immigration by opening floodgates with student visas, allowing 40hour work & to get PR status
You are in the wrong uni mate. It’s a crap one. Get out
@@paulbadics3500if you just blame Trudeau for anything bad happens your life 😂 does it make you feel better? It’s not the reality
Maybe the teacher is from Quebec
According to trudeau those Indian students are "talent" that canada needs to ensure our collective future prosperity! Lol!
These are not real colleges they are money making colleges.
I studied in one of those colleges listed
degree mills
"Studied" lol
I imagine it depends on the program lol
Langara College is one of the money making colleges.
So is Centennial. When I went to college there, it was packed with international students. Found out that the same course I paid for, they charge international students double. Of course colleges want international students, they are making money and handing out easy grades@@kelvintai8541
Can I just point out that an overwhelming number of international students enrolling in schools that do not provide residence also has a big influence on the rent and housing market? Landlords have been charging international students illegal deposits and requiring them to sign illegal contracts because a lot of them don’t know local tenancy laws. This also raises the rent for domestic students and it’s just harder for students in general to find non-exploitative housing during their degree. The better the location of the house, the more predatory and toxic the contracts and rent charges get!
exactly , schools should provide in campus residency for those student and no international student should be allowed to reside outside campus residency.
taking advantage of someone is never a right thing . but you were able to attend a same course for one third of the money and getting grants is while others pay 3 times and no grants is also taking advantage of them .
regarding housing ,i know its a big challenge . but when someone gave so much money to attend a school and they took all of that and didn't build housing for the same!it is practically a theft .
@@satvindersingh3164 Shouldn't the universities and the systems around it be for the students from that area, region or country? If too much of international students become a burden, they have to be reduced.
@@SS-kg8qw it was a money grabbing scheme from govt and universities. It didnt play well in the end for ford govt as they didnt imvest in education and relied on foriegn funding
If university cant afford to run on local students .they invite foriegn students and ask them 3 times the money
Hope it clears it a bit for you. Plus foriegn students are not a burden .you are too local in your thinking have conservative approach .
my buddy owns a few factories here in the GTA he told me that when he sees a resume with Conestoga collage listed on it he throws it in the garbage. why has Doug Ford turned public collages that used to be reputable into the new Everest collage in the minds of employers?
This is trudos fault ..ford did not issue the hundreds of thousands more visas & allow int students to work 40 hrs & get PR status
I went to Conestoga and your buddy is a smart man. He should probably wash his hands after touching those resumes too.
@@ragnarok7976 he told me that he knows lots of other business owners are doing the same thing cause the places reputation is horrible. what is going on there?
Doug Ford is corrupted and Toronto mayors do not care abput anything .
damn conestoga really raking in those tuition income
Lol it's so bad there now...
You mean tution lol
There’s so many in my city I feel like I’m living in India
Soon you will be in India without taking a flight. You will be the foreigners.
@@gianduthjumnah1647
Which is exactly what Justin's step-father intended for Quebec.
@shauncameron8390 but why tho? That's what we need to figure out. What's the point of it?
Also keep in mind that all those indian "students" will soon be bringing over their FAMILES from India! We're talking spouses, both paternal/maternal grandparents, siblings and their spouses etc! This is a nightmare!
we need to put caps on the immigrants numbers per country of origin, exactly like what the US does. US immigration act of 1990 states that each country is allotted only 7% of the yearly newcomers in the USA. That means a maximum of 45-50 thousand immigrants is allowed from each country. But in Canada we have at least 43% of all immigrants coming from India, excluding the international students.
Canadian students shouldn't have to go through admissions hurdles if they can accommodate so many foreign seats. How many Canadian kids couldn't study the program of their choosing at these "community" colleges because courses were full?
And it is only one demographics from one country that's getting mostly all the student visa's..not very diverse at all.
Why are we letting international students take spots in colleges/universities than Canadians? And we wonder why the work force is going to hell in a hand basket
To fill the seats. My program isnt even full and its criminal justice. Should have been easily filled. Its nothing to do with the colleges.. its the new generation that would rather live off the system for free then cash a paycheque
@@XShadow705NO, you're just delusional. I had many friends take "criminal justice" courses in a handful of Universities, not all in Ontario, back in late 2000's - early 2010's and I can't think of a single one of them that got a job in that field after graduation. It's a joke of a course. That's why nobody with logic is enlisting anymore lmao 🤣
So now we know which educational insitutions have sold out to or have been subverted by the CCP alongside the CBC...
cause your govs, left or right, prefer keeping yo in debt. you guys see your children as a burden.
You do realize international students subsidize domestic student’s tuition, right? Reduce their enrolment and domestic student’s tuition goes up
Like no one knew this already, me a nobody knows this, it took government 5 years to figure it out.
Find out what programs these international students are taking. Probably not for skilled employment that Canada needs right now.
Lmao 😂
Business admin, hospitality services, etc. are some of rhe courses students said they take.
Most I've talked to work more than 40 hours even though there is a limit.
MBA. The Walmart of Master's degrees.
business studies
Yup, most are bogus unnecessary study programs that Canada doesn't need. We need students in skilled trades like plumbers, electricians, housing carpenters, roofers etc. The overwhelming majority of them don't study trade. They just get the study permit as a mean to obtain P.R, that is their end goal and not education.
As a Canadian citizen not more international students because Canadian pay the price when this people living here . Everything over price not rent affordable for citizen. Finally not job for Canadian because the owners prefer students, all fast food restaurants full international students not place for local people and students jobs
Your grammar is terrible.
they are here because Canadians cant afford to pay the childcare,schools and hospitals and other things .these students work and pay taxes so that you can afford the services . you dont pay a single penny to them!!!!
if a person can only work 20 hours and still can find a job and someone who can do full time cant.its a shame .you lived all of your life here and have connections ,while someone new has zero!!!!!! they are still able to find a job and you cant ..
@@albarjas8360 Wabi-Sabi: The Japanese Art of Finding the Beauty in Imperfections.
Both of your comments made me smile. 🤣🤣🤣
When I was at St-Lawrence College in Cornwall a Liberal MP greated over 400 Students from one village??? The Professors & Directors had major problems with them all ! I had to quit due to the disturbance in class & PC room all the time! It got worse over the years ! I was on a Veteran program! We had a hard time getting in ! Go see for yourself!!
Some students come to Canada but never go to school and ask for asylum .... we have enough foreigners in Canada
Don't fool yourself they are not here to study, they come here to stay period. The graduation rate is less then %5...
I knew there was a problem when I graduated from my program in 2012, and came back to teach at the college for the same program in 2021, and every single student (about 25), were international students. Not a single international student in my program, the same program, in 2011. All were DDS in their country (dentists), coming to get Dental Office Administration certificates (a huge education downgrade) so they could get their permanent residency.
We need students in skilled trades like plumbers, electricians, housing carpenters, roofers etc. The overwhelming majority of them don't study trade. They just get the study permit as a mean to obtain P.R, that is their end goal and not education.
so if a educated dentist wants to come here, pay 3 times as much for the same course ( BTW thats how they are able to afford your salary and job ) and work and pay taxes .this helps the govt to pay for children to get free dental care!!! i know its so bad .they should not use this money and ban them because its ridiculous ...........
@@Adam.5111 I've done more than a few roofing jobs.
I have never really thought about it as "skilled"
More about being able to take sun/heat and have a good back with hands that don't cramp easily.
Stucco work and brick laying is more skilled though.
And plumbers and electricians more skilled.
But I get your point.
Glad I only do my own /family/friends roofs.
Great respect to those that can deal with it day after day, year after year. Not an easy job.
So this a problem that was started by Ontario colleges which eventually became a Canada wide issue. Ontario should shut this loophole down and it might help the housing issue in the next decade.
The "loophole" caused by Trudo who allowed huge increas in student visas & for int students to work 40 hours & gain perm residency
@@paulbadics3500Caused by Ford because they have been starved by their provincial government for years.
Regulation of public colleges is provincial jurisdiction not federal (section 92 of the constitution). Federal controls immigration numbers only. Blame the correct person.. Doug was supposed to be regulating the colleges.
housing is overpriced ,because home owners want more money ( most of them lived here long enough and gave dirt cheap price for one).so in the end someone new ,pays for the price of someone else retirement and in the end get blamed for it !!!!!
remember a new person is at the short end of the stick here . govt wants immigrants because that cant afford to run the country as need more taxes (which helps Canadians to pay for there social services like childcare,parental leave ,medical and more ) . govt didn't build houses for them to live but want there skill and taxes to help the economy .
if you stop a skilled worker or any worker to discontinue .the economy cant sustain and will go downhill .
@@thamyd21trudo & his immig minister are root of this problem by loosening rules for visa, work hours & offering PR status ..they bragged about this post covid..of course colleges (private & public) & consultants would take advantage & hundreds of thousands of so called "students" would come flooding in causing rent costs to soar
It's ridiculous at this point... so many international students everywhere... just pure nonsense.
they are there because you cant be skilled enough to do the jobs factories require .
they are here because you cant afford the medical anymore .
they are here because they will work 30 years or more and while they do will provide taxes to take care of your parents and children (which you cant afford and want govt to pay ).
Pure Greed and Corruption.
Close down conestoga college!
Im ashamed of being a conestoga grad 😢
conestoga as an educational institution has no standards anymore
It’s all about money. Tuition fees per year is 17,000 cad above 😅
not me
i dont know if you can do that .but i know what you can do .... study and become a better skilled person so that you can pay for your own and dont rely on others to do the same
@@satvindersingh3164 no one’s relying on others what ru smoking 🚬
It’s pretty bad that even in my program of engineering, we have some international students pretty much do little to no work in class and do the bare minimum to graduate and get an engineering degree with a PR. Nothing wrong with the few who do actually care and focus on the courses, but the few that don’t makes it suck.
What univetsity?
A friend of mine who used to teach at one of the Toronto community colleges said that many of his classes had students who'd already received degrees from Indian universities and were here taking technician-level courses. Of course they all knew the theory and lecture attendance was spotty - for most it was an immigration dodge.
Public or not, those are not serious academic institutions and they should not be allowed to accept so many international students. Only proper universities with good rankings should be admitting international students, not these schools selling entry to Canada.
they accept students because they have labor shortage and want there taxes afterwards ,which in turn help you to pay for parents and children and you . they are providing only education so that in future you can survive
Conestoga has grown 4 times the size since the early 2000s! Lack of funding? Or rapid greedy expansion. You decide. Bonuses for all involved im sure
It has gotten massive for sure
A lot of politicians own Real Estate. Follow the money!
Many Business owners are getting labor for $10/hour CASH.
Who is complaining?
Thank you CBC for the truth!
I'm actually surprised they dared criticize the government for a change
@@Vovan07because they know Pierre is going to win
RARE!
Its not that they usually lie, but they do ignore parts of a story, or the entire story sometimes if it does not fit their narrative.
Or simply close comments to avoid other opinions they deem "mis-information"
Not sure why some are ok with this?
It’s so hard for a Canadian born teenager to get a part time job these days…The “international students” seem to have all the jobs which were provided to Canadians.
Can’t even get hired if you don’t look like them and speak there languages no matter which store you apply to
As a teen I can’t wait to be replaced by the non-Canadians 🤩🤩🤩
ya now domestic student will have to pay extra money to colleges to run colleges to fill the gap intstudent revenue
it's also hard for the Canadian born teenagers and young adults to get quality post secondary education that their parents and grandparents have paid into for decades because the schools cater to internationals
yeah. if these people want to come to canada and study, there's an argument to be made that either:
more should be required of these students to prove they can be supported 100% by their parents, or they should just be banned from working, and all the ads to foreign students wishing to study here should show that in big, red letters to make sure they don't get the idea that school is going to be some weird loophole to get permanent residency via employment.
Can’t even spell “tuition “, so sad!!
International students working part-time also qualify for GST rebates and Carbon Tax incentive payouts, which should not be allowed as those incentives are meant for Canadians
all from india.
Taxpayers should not be financing the education of foreign students
Taxpayers should not be funding the CBC
How are taxpayers financing international students? Dont they pay their own tuition...?
@@user-kg7yj you would be amazed how clueless the average person her is about how their own systems work.
@@thecatalyst1762 can you please explain? Im still a kid
They're not. International tuition is multiple times what domestic students pay
No more supporting international students if you can not support yourselves then stay in your own country ❤
And somebody who studied abroad in both Australia and France. I 100% agree with this. It is a privilege to be in a foreign country and study. It's not there for you to take advantage of the charity that exists. Like going to the food bank. When you come to Canada or any country to study internationally, you sign a legally binding contract that you will be able to support yourself and not rely on any social services. In fact, in some countries that would be grounds to get you kicked out of the country. And rightfully so. It is your job. Your responsibility and there is no excuses for not doing it to make sure you are financially stable enough to come to a country to study. You are not meant to be a financial burden when you arrive in that country. It is beyond shameful that anyone would do this. And I would be ashamed if I found out a Canadian was doing this in a foreign country.
The Canadian students do not pay the international prices. International students pay 4 times the amount of tuition that Canadian students pay for the same diploma.
@@AHR1130 It's the exact same thing when you study abroad as a Canadian. I paid about five times what Australian students pay for the same diploma. About six times for the year I studied in France. That's not a unique situation to Canada.
@@AHR1130 ya and if you want that kind of treatment study in your own country what's you argument pay more if you have to be supported LMAO 🤣 this country is a door mat for people to mistreat then go home and leave us with the debit contribute more complain less simple enough
I was an international student, had to pay my way. But I went to a very good university. Yes. They should pay their way
I dont think this reporter "Valerie" understands what disproportionate representation means. If Ontario public colleges are accountabel for 40% of foreigh student visas and Ontario itself is home to approx. 40% of Canada's population, this just look to me as being proportional and as expected.
U have a point
Many of them cone to have babies,usually get pregnant as soon as they arrived in Canada,drop school when babies are born, and requested help from any charity or welfare system, until they get their resident papers.
wow!! its like reading your life there ,except you were born here and couldn't pay of the services and then when someones hard earn money goes to you ,you are ungrateful and take it for granted
@satvindersingh3164 Actually, I was born in New Mexico. Sorry
@@satvindersingh3164oh paji
International students are taking food from hungry Canadian families at the food banks !
This needs to be cut drastically.
This needs to come to a complete stop.
How about international students go to another country to sponge off of. This country needs a break.
An overwhelmingly majority of international students in Canada are taking post secondary programs to have a chance of obtaining PR. What is even worst is some of those same students who didn't finish their studies are still living in Canada.
work and study permits are have expiry dates . you will have 90 days to return when it ends .... i know you dont know this.. but a quick google will help you a lot .
@@satvindersingh3164You should check the news once in a while. There r international studies studying in Canada who stopped going to classes even though their purpose is to study in a Canadian post secondary institute including those who have stayed for longer than their so called expiring date on the study permits.
Please stop international student applications permanently and focus on Canadian born children and their education now and the future.
Anybidy notice the girls sign says TUTION not Tuition. University clearly isn't help her. Look at the spelling of the sign when you click on the video.
You think your mom can spell?
She's medical student not English lol. Language doesn't mean ur skilled. All Canadians know English but are they skilled??😂😂
Half those schools are nothing but paper-mills. Degrees from places like Conestoga aren't worth as much as the paper its printed on. These private schools have been cashing in st the expense of Canadians, the local housing markets, and job markets. They should have been responsible for housing all these students to begin with
The government makes a pretty penny off these students and we don’t need any of them.
It also means that you will live in a tent.
The colleges make a pretty penny. This goes into their coffers, not the government, hence the number of teachers/professors on the sunshine list
@@ChandraSedariwhy would Canadians be living in a tent? The mass influx of foreign students creates a shortage of affordable housing for not only Canadian students, but Canadians in general
@ChandraSedari ever heard of an igloo? "tent" pfft... this guy.
Take care of your home grown Canadians before you let the international students in, housing is a huge problem in our country right now. Take care of the home grown Canadians not the refugees.
Govt. brought in 500,000 through PR status and 900,000 international students just for 2023. And was thinking of continuing the trend for some more years. Is it sustainable???!!! Its completely NOT. Its simple common sense. BTW where are the "Affordable houses" anywhere in Canada. Has been promised since 2019. If it is then where is it ??? Now think about the drug epidemic in Belleville. Now can you relate. Again simple common sense
100% correct trudo & fraser bragged about doing this & now backpedaling & blaming others with CBCs help
So he flat out lied and still blames private collages 🤦🏻🤦🏻
"he" ?
@@JohnDoe-gn5bc Marc Miller probably
@@JohnDoe-gn5bc the minister
I would like to introduce a municipal bylaw in Nova Scotia that makes it illegal to vote for Sean Fraser. It's mind blowing how one person caused so much economic damage.
here in surrey bc, aka browntown there are so many of these strip mall colleges that are just meant to be immigrant farms
Marc looks nervous. Not sure why he’s surprised since HIS DEPARTMENT issued the visas.
Valerie just looks shocked.
Government should have common sense, just because colleges are offering admission doesn’t mean IRCC should issue visas for everyone. There needs to be a cap of x number of students /year.
The alarming number of indan students came to Canada and no sure how only one country was given opportunity rest of the world very low percentage students came. There are now very few jobs because of them. The Government should have create some balance, but they lack planning.
How can you blame the colleges? The govt is the one approving it.
How about you go home and study. You know, where you can afford it
There here to get citizenship and drive Uber not to study and go back
They all here to work and work under payed. This way companies don't have to pay Canadians what they deserve. They can hire cheap labour. Wake up people
no good schools in their home countries?
They have to pay for those.
It is a back door into Canada, samething is happening in the UK
Public colleges here in Canada partner up student recruiting agency like Applyboard in countries India, Philippines, Nigeria etc. to recruit students from these countries. The Reason : government funding amount in public colleges has not increased over the years to cover most public colleges operational expenses and there is restrictions in rising tuition fees for Canadian domestic Students. Well, there is no restriction on how much to charge international students in tuition, this is public college charge 3 to 4 times the amount in tuition for international students (ie, $20,000 - $40,000 per year ) and public colleges gives a 2% - 5% cut of tuition to student recruiters. Most colleges in Canada gets 35% to 70% income from international students tuition. These student recruiting agency over market these public colleges to foreigner to recruiters as many students as possible to maximize their revenue. The educated wealthy and upper middle class in these countries, who can really afford the tuition are not interest to learn in these low ranked public college in Canada, they are only interested in top ranked universities like UofT, UBC etc in Canada. Well, student recruiter market it to low income people in these countries as easy gateway for residency in a western country for higher income. These low income international students will sell everything they have back home to cover the huge tution and come here with little to no money, hoping they get residency in Canada and being able to make the money back.
Here is Vancouver we have more "international students" than Canadian residents. Someone is cooking the books and hiding the numbers
Tuition fairness?????? You’re international student so you have to pay more than what a Canadian pays!!!!!!
Of course they should. Taxpayers already support bloated schools.
I've lived in a town in a Canada for 50 yrs. Population 25,000 (near major cities that are diverse/liked). Until 4 years ago, most citizens in my town would RARELY have described our home as a "college town". If ever. Even though the college opened many decades ago. Even though it has always had a good reputation (and many programs). Even though we've liked it a lot. When the college was talked about, it was seen as a place where many minds go to learn every semester (to embrace a career). Plus international students of all races (like our town of numerous races) were seen as adventurers wishing to also learn about our country. Perhaps one day they would wish to stay in our country. Why? Because they grew to like it (and it's people) and wish to remain involved.
These thoughts have changed IMMENSELY Since 2019, many long-term citizens feel like our college classrooms and dollar stores and convenience stores and hotels/motels/homes and restaurants have all quickly turned into a BIG immigration system for many (from one particular country especially) wanting PRs.
I sound cruel but I'm not a cruel person. I'm just concerned by the high-pace and high-volume (housing prices are SOARING) … and about exactly how things in town are changing too. Because some rich men (mostly from same country) are also very quickly buying all the above places (minus college). AND they are changing things in ways where someway/somehow (by a far margin) eventually the owner benefits most ... followed by people HE trusts (from his birth continent) who REALLY need his help. And silence?
Longtime citizens of my town are feeling more and more hurt by their sudden 'firings', by their hard-earned invoices (for completed work) not being paid, by feelings of discrimination in multiple areas, i.e. intangible services. The common denominator is centering around some men. They appear kind, yet occasionally not (in a strange way that's hard to explain). We've seen them not appreciating current staff (especially women). So much so that I Googled "caste system" recently. Something I never ever was interested in doing before.
We are meeting students in contract marriages (IELTS spouse). Students who showed Canada they have savings to live off, but it turns out some only borrowed it for the application process. Our food bank and other charity services were advertised on CZcams by students. Our transit service had to launch strict rules, i.e. lost bus passes registered in your name are now NEVER replaced (unlike before).
I'm surrounded by fun citizens who have strived to be kind, racially-diverse-oriented, and WELCOMING people. But now they're not knowing what to think. And the concerned are not all with European roots. Nor without ties to above mentioned country (heck these longterm Canadians often seem the most angry). And all the violence/extortion happening in Ontario and BC this year that's stemming from another country (& making world news) is definitely not helping with any of this.
So many In this town are THRILLED by recent caps etc.. Because the biggest thing our town is hoping to continue to avoid is hate crimes. We want EVERYONE here to be ok. While wondering if enough homes/buildings could have prevented a lot of the above (?).
PS Many newcomers we've met are great. And we are aware that some wonderful students are probably going through 'degrees of hell' in Canada (which hurts our hearts).
College tuition has been frozen for the last few years only for domestic students, however its not the same international students. So taking in large number of international students makes BIG money.
Im in University and most of my classes are filled with international students.
Students from other countries are the main target demographic for most private tutoring centers. They traveled outside Canada and brought them directly here. Private schools are not equipped with enough facilities and space. The primary goal of most students is to remain permanently in Canada.
Most of them come here to earn money and become Canadian citizens, after easily obtaining Canadian pensions.
It’s quite simple actually
Everything that the foreign student pays that is above what a Canadian student would pay should go to the government, not the teaching institutions , overnight the recruitment process for foreign students changes
Ya the Government 😅😅 They'll take good care of the money.
Just forbid recruitment for other than highly needed worker sectors, AND have strict regulations about HOW a school can recruit.
How did it go unchecked ?
All call centre strip mall colleges that smell of onions and curry
It's criminal that Canadian students can't afford College that 35% of the student body at University of British Columbia and 17% of Simon Fraser University are foreign students. What's wrong with this picture?
International students from Punjab India are good in protesting since passing bench mark in Canada is 70% and 33% in India.
The reporter says there are 1300 colleges and universities in Canada and then looks at only the top 10. That doesn't give you a complete picture at all. Just because 9 of the top 10 are public institutions that doesn't tell me whether or not 1000 private colleges rank from 11th to 1010th place and have 90% of the international students over all for example.
The analysis in the story is woefully incomplete.
Never seen anything like it how is every level of government failing to even do their job at a basic level?
These "students" should be audited and sent back home.
40% of Canada's population lives in Ontario
Please tell me the numbers were adjusted to reflect total numbers of students at the schools.
They should stay in their own countries, period. They get their degrees in their own countries where if they get loans, they can pay them back before stepping foot in another country. Enough already.
Politicians have to be held accountable. Cost of everything is getting out of hand. Spending across the Board is exploding and who is going to pay for all the debts! Scary!
Good to see cbc actually reporting news!
If working in higher Ed has taught me anything it's not that Miller and his people were lying... It's that they don't understand the sector very well.
exactly this. it's worse. It's incompentency.
What do you expect being a groomsmen at Trudeaus wedding
Knew it!! Tired of people acting like it is primarily an issue of these small colleges. It's probably the fancy university you went to that is doing it. For them it's a side hustle. Sometimes they even own some of the small colleges so they don't dirty their prestigious names.
As Canadians choose to have less kids the universities have to find a way to continue their profits with kids from elsewhere.
FIFTH ESTATE DID THIS LAST YEAR!?! Why is media so bad at their job to only be catching up now
~40% of the population of Canada lives in Ontario so yeah.....40% of the applications make sense.
This right here just proves the value of investigative journalism which we rarely see provided by any outlets other than the CBC recently. Anyone crying about bias, or propaganda or liberal media need only look here to see what is at stake if we defund these organizations
@ajstar7831You are not paying attention if you have this delusion.
Now that's grade A humor right there. They investigate when it suites their or the PMOs agenda. In this case, they are developing a case for where people can point fingers away from the government. We'll see if they continue onto linking these scale goats to "the far right" as is normal.
@ajstar7831 this shows exactly what the right is talking about. Our kids can’t afford college because so many international students increases the cost. Schools are full, just not with Canadians. But who cares? Definitely not you.
Yup, now we know which educational insitutions have sold out to or have been subverted by the CCP alongside the CBC!
Now that is funny.
so this is instead gonna raise the tuition for natural born canadian citizens! you may hate college students but your children will be affected by this. they won’t make it fair by lowering the cost for international students, they will raise it for everybody.
I think getting seats in public collages is getting easy for immigrant,therefore collages urgently needs to update their criteria and needs to make their admission exams more tougher so that only worthy immigrants can get admission.The difficulty level should depends on the nationality of immigrant.
She spelled tuition wrong
Diploma/Puppy Mills gotta go
Barely saw some international students in class last year , and they all passed 😂
Weren’t they suppose to reduce international student visas?? Canadian students have no future here in Canada as they can’t get into Canadian universities and colleges.
If the demand is high, prices goes up . Basic economics. Am refering to housing, rent, grocerues and students fees also.
Ok so who's going to pay for the housing? Who's going to pay for the health care? We can't put the added strain on those systems just to make colleges happy. We don't have the resources. If College want international students that badly then let them foot the bill for their housing and other services and then see if they think it's such a good idea.
Uh - that’s a serious issue . Hold those accountable
There was only one University on the list. The rest were community colleges.
Doesn't the international student cap include public colleges as well? From what I read only Masters and PhD programs were excluded.
One of the very, very few emissions the cbc allows comments on. Almost all are 'comments turned off'
That most foreign students come to Ontario isn't an unexpected result as Ontario has the largest population. The more interesting statistic would be what types and what percentage of spots are being occupied by foreign students? Is there an overal increase, or decrease, of opportunity for domestic students in these areas of study?
Ford reduced tuition by 10% and froze tuition at that rate as soon as he got into power.
It’s no surprise that this happened mainly in Ontario.
Schools do not issue "permits". They issue the acceptance letters that is a document required by IRCC. IRCC agent then makes a determination based on a dozen other documents if the student meets the criteria to be approved. While it is true that the approvals they released is excessive, ultimately it was up to IRCC to decide if a permit/visa will be issued. Interesting that was not explained in this report 🤨. It's funny that they keep passing the responsibility to the other person when this was a collaborative effort
Well over a million "students" from India....how many homeless does Canada have again?
1 million just from punjab at 2021 . At surrey second language is punjabi . Canada is fuked Z
These are grade one students no , can't spell tuition
Her course is doctorate not English. She will be Cardiac surgeon.
English doesn't mean u have practical skills.
so what
They aren't getting it - the published numbers include students attending private colleges with a partnership with a public college, those students are considered students of the parent college (except Conestoga who does all their satellite campuses on their own without private partnerships). So it is as they say, private colleges driving a lot of it. I would estimate on average 2/3 of those students are in the private college partnerships.
Just FYI, Conestoga College never had any private-public relationships with other colleges.
@@amiladrck true, they're the big exception, I think all the others have them though.. If not, certainly most
@@jasonthompson2059 Agreed. Hopefully this will drop from this September with new immigration rules. IRCC will not offer post-graduation work permits for students graduating from private colleges.
The Ontario government haven’t announced anything related to College admissions cap, so I’m not sure how these new rules effect Conestoga College.
@@amiladrck ya it will be interesting - the benefit of not partnering is they keep all the revenue, but they carry the overhead and the risk - easier for a public college just to cut ties with a private partner, though they'll still take a hit. Still being able to offer pgwp will ensure they will still hit their cap whatever it ends up being, but I think Conestoga will take a much bigger hit if they dole out the permits proportionally, hopefully they've been building their reserves, they definitely have no excuse not to - and I would think they would have a hard time accessing any of that newly announced Ontario funding for post secondary.
You should only be allowed in to study in very specific sectors that benefit our country. Red Seal Skilled Trades, Medicine, Engineering and you should owe tenure in your profession after you are certified.
The fact that UBC isn't on that list suggests to me that it is because its numbers are already exorbitantly high.