When politicians make students the scapegoats

Students are being attacked for being too “woke"; for submitting too readily to their institutions’ diversity, equity, and inclusion policies; for tolerating and even promoting anti-Semitism on campus; and now for driving up the cost of housing.

As Immigration Minister Marc Miller has pointed out, the foreign student program was never intended to be a source of funding for colleges and universities which have come to depend on international students to make up for the inadequate funding they receive from their provincial governments, writes Jeffery Vacante.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JEFFERY VACANTE

February 8, 2024

The federal government's recent announcement that it intends to limit the number of international students allowed...

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