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Well, if international students and the 7:1 ratio of fee structure is the main source of survival for these universities and colleges then its a clear indication that these universities and colleges are on ventilators. It would be better to manage and find ways of self reliance without the dependency on international students or shut them down.

Universities relying on international student? I guess their finance program isn't that good?

But how much increased percentage of international students applying for refugee status, lmia etc and will local students pay more after international student poulation are reduced or gone?

International students provide a huge haul of revenue compared to local students. Makes me wonder where all the extra money is going? It’s certainly not for providing a safe, secure environment for Jewish students!! Just another liberalNDP like money grab for elites who siphon the money into their own pockets and NOT into the schools. Canada=corruption. What a shame.

International students…from India. CBC is a puppet and it must stay politically correct and woke.

International students? I will call them indian students.

Ban them completely, Canada for Canadians. \n\nNo international students anymore. Zero students allowed.

International students should not have been given work permit. Study then go back home after. That pgwp is a priviledge, be thankful to Canada for giving you the opportunity to come here temporarily. You don’t have the right to demand anything, go back home!

Exactly Indian students not international students.

NO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, or FOREIGN Workers, stay in your own country

International student – truck driver program?!

Just go home if you can't pass your programs as international students. These people wants citizenship when they can't even finish their shooling because are wasting time on this non sense protests ?

International student numbers are still high. Cap should be put on each program . Only 25% of international students should be allowed for each program .

Sorry but Canada’s Universities are Thieves. You don’t need that much Money from International students.And that guy looks like a Mafia boss….?

Hate international students but love their money..!\nAverage international students pay around 41 thousand CAD + 20635 CAD GIC ....So total around 62 thousand CAD + living expenses in Canada including rent, groceries, transportation, etc....while on the other side, the hate gang who survives on the government subsidies who don't have any skills and live their life by doing unskilled jobs are complaining about international students ruining their economy..! Lol..!\n\nIn 2023, total number of international students: 6824305\nIndian international students: 278335\n\nSo basic calculations of only tuition from Indian international students: 278335 x 63000 : 17155177725 CAD\n\nBut all the hate towards indians..! Hypocrisy..!

This is totally unfair. What's the quality of education Canada has for one international student paying 10 times than the average Canadian?. Absolutely pathetic education and immigration system. World is realizing this and soon people will opt out Canada as a possible future living destination.

They are scammers and scammers … fake degrees fake ilets criminals fake students .they are not Indian students not international students

Coming to a country as an international student is often a route or excuse some people use to enter countries and then later decide they don't want to return to their country of origin. They than start whining about the new country is their home and they don't their country of orgin or they pay taxes and they should get to stay in the new country. This has nothing to do with requirements for acceptance to emigrate to a new country.

The politicians from Canada and India don't care if everyone lives in poverty. And getting Canadian citizenship will not solve all your families' problems. Once Canada goes broke there will be no welfare, EI, pensions, free housing, or healthcare so you're better off staying in India where at least you know the language, laws, religion and culture. Also Canada doesn't need anyone murder cases like Hardeep Singh Nijjar!\nThe next Canadian federal election is on October 20, 2025. The politicians would bring in another 5 million foreigners from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, China etc, if they could. But Canada doesn't have enough affordable housing for people born in Canada let alone from other countries. The Canadian politicians want voter banks, corporations want cheap foreign labour, and the WEF want Agenda 2030. The Prime Minister of Canada and India are to blame for this mess. Both Prime Ministers are not doing what's right to take care of their citizens. No point coming to Canada or other any Western countries when you can't speak and read in English, either.\nBy the way, you're better off training to be a plumber, a mechanic, a nurse etc than getting a liberal arts degree. If you're an international student and you can't afford to rent for example in Vancouver and Toronto than don't come here. It's no secret some international students turn to prostitution, sell drugs and go to food banks in order to survive. Don't come to Canada assuming study permits automatically means you will get Canadian citizenship.

This fee for international student is just for education its a deposit for their immigration !! And the universities known it.

Cut all government funding to universities and give the money directly to Canadian citizens who attend university. That way the international and local students can be on the same footing with no question that Canadian taxpayers are subsidizing foreign students while their own children cannot get admission. (The influx of foreign students is driving competitive admission grades to absurd levels, leaving Canadian students with relatively good marks, marks that were considered outstanding 30 years ago, unable to get into universities in their communities.)\n\nThe reality we have here is that Canadian taxpayers still shoulder the majority of education costs in Canada, but those same taxpayers' children are being denied education opportunities in their own communities because of foreign students. This has to stop, even if we have to fire every university administrator there is to get it done.

International students shouldn't be allowed to work more than 20 hours per week.

International students are in Canada to study and should be financially secure to make that travel to Canada to study for a few years. After their graduation, they should depart and return to their home countries… no one should be allowed to stay if the society doesn’t need your skill set at that moment of time. \n\nThere are many options for them:\n\n1. Make their motherland great by contributing to their own economy;\n2. Be a good ambassador for their own country while in Canada by respecting our rule of law;\n3. Depart when your temporary time in a foreign country is up! If not, expect to be removed by force!

not international students...IT IS ONLY INDIA STUDENTS..

At least with a ponzi scheme the early adopters actually get paid so long as the scam keeps going. For these students, every subsequent graduating year of revolving door international student diploma mills, their degrees or diploma's devalue as thousands more pile in and strain our infrastructure causing everything else to become more expensive. It's only sustainable now because the number of marks keeps increasing as poorer nations populations explode as they develop their economies. Eventually, the winds will change and the foreign opinion of canada and it's education system will fall and they will look elsewhere and these schools won't be able to survive.

Universities have lost all credibility. Why feed anything into a system designed to help proliferate wars and genocides abroad while increasing surveilance domestically and suppressing dissent from conscionable youth through militarized force? The system is cooked... bring in international students to financially support our failing insitutions, then put unreasonable limits on how many hours they can work. Who can survive this way and who would want to perpetuate a system designed against them?

What an entitlement, i was an international student in the us my visa expired i left without any complaints and this is what we have now.

These colleges brought in international students on made up courses and made billions. However, all these students staying back caused housing crisis and unemployment to Canadians.

Would be sustainable if it drops another 90%…since last year nearly a million international students were allowed in. 500k is still too high a figure.

Why canada taking workers from outside because skilled workforce are not sufficient to run the businesses at canada. In between May 2024 to Dec 24 nearly 536505 work permits are set to expire who were invited to work under INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY PROGRAM. 70000 temporary permits of students also expired . If government is strict and the businesses of Canada not required these workforces then why they are not deported from canada. Only in sept 24 ,86000 work permits under international mobility program will be expired . After complaint of businesses of pnp provinces expired work permits are now going to be extended. To control emigration government should act strictly. Easy pr for Asylum seekers and refugess are the reasons for this crisis at canada.

This is appalling. This is not the international studentship I know. When I was in university at York, interns students were very wealthy and from rich families and could easily afford tuition.\nThe Indians going and lying to their people and recruiting them in mass to come to Canada should face justice.\nCanada doesn’t need Indians from Indian villages flooding the streets to make money.

The government got greedy and are getting a kick back from all the universities and colleges for letting in so many of them to enroll in these bogus schools. The government also knows they can benefit from all of the money these international students are bringing in. The international students are a cash cow for the government.

Give them some extensions or deport everyone.\n Dont give extensions to some and deport rest.\n But as Canadian Government dont fund universities so Universities have to earn their own funds from International Students which will only happen if PRs are given.

Isn't this CLEAR EVIDENCE that a significant number of international students only come for work and immigration and not for education? I'm not saying they are doing anything wrong; people will do whatever based on the incentives available to them. Work and an eventual Canadian passport are just too good a deal to pass up for many international students.

Apparently the government is addicted to having foreigners finance the education system, which in turn means the international students who pay the highest tuition will receive a free work permit and eventually PR card as part of the deal.

I guess the fees for domestic students will go up to make up the drop of international students enrollment.

Jeez we even have Indian international students protesting about failed grades at colleges/universities. Unbelievable

So it is true that PM & Immigration Minister Listen to school owners when they implement policies for International Students. \nImagine more than $7k for Canadian & $56 k for International are students considered as abuse by the schools for the International students .

Put a hold on any new international student applications for 5 years and then re-evaluate. It's good for all parties involved both the students and the Canadians.

International students are not the problem. Lack of housing supply is the problem. Due to zoning regulation. Stop blaming foreign students. Blame NIMBYs instead!

International students are probably willing to pay that much because graduating from a Canadian university is a pathway for them to immigrate to what they still perceive as a great country. But sooner or later, the information that Canada has been turned into a basket case will filter back to their home countries.

international students come to Canada to work not to study, they know that they are spending these much money to gain work status in Canada and not to study! that's their fault!\nGovernment should funds education/school in our country for our children the future citizens of this country and not illegals status that comes in to Canada and should NOT send money abroad, like what Trudeau is doing his funding billions of Canadian tax payer money in other country!

I would require all educational institutions to provide housing for international student (at least 50%). If they have only 16 000 beds for international student combined - the cap would be 32 000 international students.

I think the title should say 45% reduction in Indian students NOT international students

they are more like international workers to me, at least i see them working in the walmart near me

We don't have to pay for international students.

My alma mater has already been move aggressively asking for donations for students. The reality is only 3 options either governments make up the difference in cost, or International students make up the difference in cost, or the tutions of domestic students will start to increase to that of USA, in which they pay 3x the amount we pay here currently.

What a mess these shortsighted politicians have created with flooding international students to our greedy diploma mills colleges.?

it's because what was once referred to as an international student is now a Permanent Canadian Citizen... The numbers don't add up lol trust me we got exactly the same if not MORE now..

Saver economies should not trade with l00ter economies. This is simply colonialism with another name. Canada's leftist liberal l00ters (teachers, universities, public servants, union leaders, not for profit, city halls, liberals) after l00ting middle class of canada r l00ting people from economies with lesser taxes and better economies (which is why they r able to save as compared to the horrificness called Canada). Although Canada is an international laughing stock it is still not perceived as colonial.