In the past year, Canada’s immigration rate has experienced a dramatic reversal. We explain how it happened.
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In the past year, Canada’s immigration rate has experienced a dramatic reversal. We explain how it happened.
Also on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tldrnewsglobal-canadas-insane-immigration-uturn-explained
A lot of our immigration was from student visas. And a lot of student visas were being abused, both to bring in cheap labour and to prop up diploma mills.
The government stepped in to protect domestic labour and the reputation of Canadian higher education institutions (education being one of our largest export markets)
Don’t forget housing… When you have 5-10 students sharing the rent on an overpriced home then landlords can charge much more. Low interest rates and massive immigration both inflated the hell out of property even more than it normally would have without them.
There was a policy decision around 30 years ago to deregulate tuition and cut funding to universities. Part of the arrangement was allowing massive differential fees for foreign students. So they have been propping up most universities, not just the diploma mills.
I really don’t have an issue with student visas for actual students pursuing actual degrees from reputable universities. They are as close to printing free money as a country can get and it’s really only a benefit for us as a nation.