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The students are the ones helping this country. They are willing to work and share accommodations.

I don't think the students are the problem for housing. They just need to build more housing. i see land here.

Yes, as much as most people don't want to admit it, we don't have the housing or resources to take in so many. And not just students but our immigration levels are off the charts in all areas.\n\nI have no issue with someone wanting to come here hoping for a better life, but thats not a legal right that we have n obligation for. Same as you wouldn't open your door and invite anyone in the city to come on in.\n\nWe have to think about this from a practical level because our unrestricted immigration is causing a crisis in many areas, housing, health care and so on.

Im doing my college and the majority of students have taken over everything.. its a mob of wannabee migrants sorting out dumb pg in business dumb couses and PR guarantees ? houses r all.having a multitude of flags lol

There is far too much third world trash in canada. Student visas and immigration in general must be paused until the government balances the budget. Canada has no money, and any demographic challenges being faced are specifically the fault of the government. PPC is the only sane choice left for Canadians.

I live in London i know all about International students and how crazy things are since rental properties are non existent and the price has skyrocketed for rental properties and another is the city transit system that is always packed with many buses are having to tell people to wait for the next bus because it is so packed. it is getting out of control in my opinion because not only do we have the students we have all the Asylum seekers on top of that and how they add to the wait lines in the ER and walk in clinics. and then they are looking for places to rent to but there is nothing because everything is packed.

You think they’ll just cut off 20 billion dollars of their income? Ontario makes 2Billion and according to CBC that’s more than what the govt allocates to them. Haha. Jokes. I came here as a PR and I feel like the solution is to put a cap on the number of students, increase ielts cut off and give each province a number of max students allowed.

Yes they are. Quit the letting in international students. They never leave an bring too many other people in. What we trying too be america

I'm not keen on more Arab Palestine immigration or student visas, and since Oct 5th, I'm very concerned about more Mid Eastern Islamic radicals maybe entering.\nThe alternative to blanket restrictions would I think, to improve immigration scrutiny of their political and social histories to clear them for entry.\nThe thing is, do we even have the economy and housing to support more immigration in general.\nI do believe the arguments in this video, coming from a university town myself.

Nope. They have plenty of space and resources. Australia and NZ should be doing the same. They make a fortune in foreign student fees.

If the schools are getting 5x the money they can build student housing/apartments 15 min from the university to house them

well its big business coming from those students ......government needs money and schools need money and landlords need money ???????

This a new racket that is maybe about 7-8 years old or more when I first started noticing it. Asked a student who named a college I had never heard of and now we see numbers like 40K in one institution. Obviously all the folks involved are making money and the comments here summarize the effects of this phenomenon ? Hilarious but then Canada cannot attract first rate talent. If anyone is talented will leave for better pastures so milk whoever is willing to come ? lol

Why are we taking so many foreign students from India and altogether immigration from India? Punjabi is the third most spoken language of the Parliament of Canada. So here you have an answer to the question. It is a very strong lobby.

accepting too many Indian* students only. Most come from humble backgrounds and can’t really afford a foreign education. There is a huge agenda behind all this. What happened to the students from rest of the world ??‍♂️

WHY is our government allowing universities to recruit international students. Why is the federal government allowing the universality to live off of these cash cows. The educations of these students are sub par. YOU CAN'T FAIL THEM CAUSE THEY PAID FOR THE DEGREE is disgusting. Doesn't say much that all the universities has turned out, in the last 20 years are, self adsorbed cry babies, WOKE gen and the Generation that voted in trudeau.

There is one easy solution. Colleges must provide affordable housing for same amount of enrolled students. They will build new houses faster than you ever seem

How about limiting intake to the number of room and boarding each school can provide and government should provide some funding for this schools so they don't go into these practices which should also reduce the tuition burden on the international students being ripped off.

So if the problem is international student numbers are too high, who is to blame? Does each post-secondary institution monitor and limit the students that they take in? Should this be regulated by the govt or should the onus be placed on each PSI to ensure that for each int'l student they accept, they must ensure they have adequate access to affordable housing. More and more govt involved in our lives vs the ability of schools to self-police themselves.\n\nI like this About That series. CBC, keep it up!

They need to get rid of those consultants back in foreign countries who misguide kids to take up useless courses in those shady colleges. College/Universities needs to prequalify students before admitting them to a particular course and by that way it’s easy to filter out candidates based on the current job requirements. Having a territorial cap is just a smokescreen by liberals. Canadian economy doesn’t need more sandwich makers or food delivery drivers, be it be in Saskatchewan or Manitoba. Territorial cap is actually gonna backfire because it shuts doors to intellectual kids who would foster innovation and drive the economy. \n\nWe need politicians who could think logically and voters who promotes those !

International students also empty out food banks in Ontario. Not enough food for actual citizens in need. Pretty sad situation. And these international students mostly from India go broke and exploited by fellow Indian employers.

How much more will the government contiue to screw the millenials and gen x? The first mistake we made was relying on student money all that student money will have to go towards knocking poverty . This is not a win win situation, things are already out of control , how much worse do they want things to get ? They have no clue what to do know ????

Before the arrival of the students, sky high rents for a one bedroom and defecation on beaches in Canada was unheard of

The international students won't stay.. silent discrimination is very high in Canada. The taxes are also incredibly high and we don't get enough in return

I don't think we are accepting too many students. I think we are failing hardcore at keeping up with the population growth though. Also the rules surrounding immigration is not good enough

there's nothing wrong with Canada educating the world but it shouldn't be a direct pathway for permanent residency. The other thing that Canada has to check is the quality of education that these students are getting. I spoke to some and they say that they didn't learn much

Moreover, recently food banks raised the alarm that international students emptying them (going to multiple locations, abusing the policy) mostly in western part of GTA....? at the time when straggling Canadians can't get food.

People think its an easy thing as a full stop on students would do. Its not as easy because that inflow of cash should be replaced with somewhere in the economy, if not citizens will have to pay for it by increased taxes and goods of all products would still rise including housing. Then yes housing will be sufficient but even though demand reduces, prices wont be budging.

simple, only allow competitive programs or universities. These universities are already milking their international students for $85k a year in top programs. $85k a year is crazy, 4 times than native students, provide better service to your international students rather than just trying to find ways to milk them. At least provide better cafe food like US top unis and housings.

On top of the international students taking up the housing market, the country will taking more refugees from Ukraine this year. So where are they planning to house them?

Most of em come here to get a permanent residency, it's just that they have to go under student visa first.

Saying that international students are victims is beyond dumb. All international students are well aware of the situation when arriving to Canada.

International students are not students at all, just fast visa to come in Canada.

Only give 10,000 International Student Visa’s per year ! Even amongst 10,000 don’t overly biased towards Indians give fair chances to everyone! Give only 1 year work permit after studies! Ban completely giving International visa’s for colleges and puppy mills

Canada in 2019 had 60,000 non permanent residents ( ie students and temp workers) 2023 614k .\nThey MUST shut this down immediately

Why don't these schools making record profits use some of that money to build student housing. Then they can just make more money off the students and help the housing crisis.

Canada just want the money but don’t want to have responsibilities. They have no intention of training quality students. It’s just a scam

He said 900,000 international students. Well today, we broke 1 million.

It is a money making venture by Fed Govt. It's insane. And why are there so many Indians coming in as students.

Since 2015 more than 5 million students(Permanent resident) that's a huge number, with housing problems and jobs

If colleges don’t have money to survive without high numbers of international students, they should be CLOSED. We don’t need puppy mills.\nA city of 100k doesn’t need 10 colleges with enrollment of 5k students each\nAlso only allow international students in Universities not strip mall colleges

I work for the BC provincial government, and part of my job is to hunt for homes to house women who are escaping violence. After spending 3 months searching for homes in Surrey, I've seen anywhere between 10-22 individuals living in a modest sized home. These homes are often very well run-down, have poor plumbing, and many illegal suites, and I've literally seen people sleeping in closets. Landlords can get away with this because the students from India don't care, don't have a choice, or are used to this standard. What the federal government is doing is unbelievable, allowing many people into the country. Just because international students come from places where they can sleep on top of each other doesn't mean they should allow it to happen here, reducing the living standards for everyday tax-paying Canadians. Despicable.

The government's idea of expediting residency for students was a bad idea from the beginning - of course, it was going to be exploited by bad actors to basically be a back door for immigration. Coming to Canada to study should have no direct link to becoming an immigrant. It should be a separate process again so we no longer have this ridiculous issue.

It was wonderful to have international students in my classes at university. Remember, the government and the scam schools are the ones who let in unsustainable numbers. They screwed up, not the international students.

Imagine an Indian student telling other potential Indian students not to come bc there are too many of us.

I think the amount we have is good. We need smart students from other countries.

If schools want to bring international students to this country, then they have to provide in campus residence for them. No international student should be allowed to compete with Canadians for housing outside campus.

No, Liberal media and Trudeau team all got it wrong again. International student are rich and educated people. They don't stay in low income housing areas like Trudeau team think these people are using up all rental apartments. They rent lux condos. In the long run, if they want to settle here, they bring money into the country, and they're good for the economy vs many uneducated poor immigrants ended up into gangs. You welcome people to build this country, not the type to impose their values into ours.

The government is doing everything in its power not to build enough houses. They’re outsourcing their responsibilities by making it seems like international students are the main reason of our housing crisis. Students contribute significantly to the economy and work anywhere and everywhere in jobs that many of us won’t do. The ripple effect of this decision on the economy is not good but I don’t expect much from our incompetent government

Schools should provide housing for international students