In At present’s Massive Story Podcast, over the previous a number of years, the variety of worldwide college students Canada admits has exploded — to multiple million in 2023. Whereas these college students have struggled to search out housing and work, they’ve additionally typically been deceived by entrepreneurs of their residence nation, promising a top-tier training that they don’t truly get.
“[International students] might discover that they go to high school right here, find yourself with a diploma that doesn’t match labour market outcomes. They are able to work as an Uber driver or in a Walmart. However finally they could find yourself pissed off and find yourself going residence,” says Laura Dhillon Kane, Ottawa bureau chief, Bloomberg information.
“They usually’ve taken out massive loans or spent all their financial savings to attempt to come to a rustic for a dream that doesn’t come true for them.”
Will the federal authorities’s cap, introduced Monday, assist ease the burden, each on college students themselves and the Canadian rental market? What does it imply for colleges that depend on these college students for income? And the way did they drawback grow to be so large the federal government thought this motion wanted to be taken?
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