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Originally Posted by ssiguy
Those ultra high levels of international students is an affront to all Canadians. 20 years of their parents paying taxes to support our universities only to find that their own kids can't get in. It is also EXTREMELY elitist. These international students are universally high income and hence their basic educations were done at private schools and home tutoring in their home countries and you can bet they didn't have to have P/T jobs to save money for university.
It's also worth noting that the highest levels are in BC and Ontario which not coincidentally happen to have the most extreme housing prices and lack of affordable rentals. This growth in just 4 years of a near doubling of international students means Canada has to find places for them to live which don't exist.
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They can’t get away with having no work experience. No matter how rich they are, if they don’t have work experience or proper networks in Canada, they are going to struggle in the Canadian job market. I also believe that despite international students are “lucrative”, universities restraint themselves from putting international students at the front. I know that the Asper School of Business of University of Manitoba gives priority to domestic students when enrolling.
They are the ones who bring new riches and capital to Canada. Successful, hardworking and entrepreneurial ones who want to remain will possibly start their businesses and create opportunities.