International students frequently face challenges finding suitable places to live. Instead of blaming them, the government should be helping them.
At the start of the new academic school year, around 30 students at Canadore College in North Bay, Ont. held a protest to decry the lack of accommodation provided to international students.
Sadly, this situation is not unique, and it comes at a time when international students are being scapegoated for causing Canada’s housing crisis, stealing jobs and causing inequalities in education. International students contribute more than $22.3 billion per year to the Canadian economy and are a major source of the workforce and talent needed to replenish Canada’s aging population.
In addition, since the early 2000s the federal government has created policies designed to bring international students to Canada. These include enabling international students to work in Canada during and after their studies and eventually apply to become permanent residents. Due to their precarious legal status in Canada, very few international students speak out, fearing that doing so might hurt their chances to remain in Canada.
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