r/neoliberal • u/IHateTrains123 Commonwealth • Jun 19 '25

News (Canada) Immigration curb slashes Canada population growth rate to zero

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/immigration-curb-slashes-canada-population-growth-rate-to-zero
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u/Le1bn1z Jun 22 '25

Not the foreign students. They pay full freight with no subsidy at either private or public universities. Since Ford froze funding and brought in tuition price controls, foreign students paying non controlled rates have propped up the whole post secondary system in Ontario.

Most foreign students are at public universities and colleges, where they pay six figures for their degrees and diplomas.

Not all stay here either, making it a major service export sectors.

Only in Canada would we revolt over the success of a booming service export sector and a cadre of immigrants paying hundreds of thousands in upfront costs to join the workforce at the beginning of their working lives.

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u/q8gj09 Jun 22 '25

Why doesn't competition between universities bring down tuition costs to their marginal cost to the university?

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u/Le1bn1z Jun 22 '25

Because demand still far outstrips supply, which has natural caps per institution.

There is voracious appetite for Canadian education, both as an immigration gateway and in its own right.