Some students who travelled across the world to pursue their studies here in Canada are having second thoughts.
A group of students and individuals protesting failed grades outside an Algoma University campus in Brampton said they believe they made a mistake in coming to Canada and that it’s not what they thought it would be.
“No one ever expected this. Being in [your] home country and looking around the world people always think something would be better but people get to learn the reality,” one unidentified student said in a video recently posted to TikTok.
He goes on to mention the “recession” happening in Canada and points to the high cost of groceries and unaffordable rent. And that it’s best for people to just stay in their home countries.
“The inflation has hit very hard,” he continued.
These remarks come after a group, claiming to represent the interests of international students and workers in Canada, alleged that 100 students (mostly international students) got a failing grade in one court. After receiving complaints, the university launched a review and in turn the professor applied a bell curve that resulted in 61 more students passing the class.
Marc Miller, Canada’s Immigration minister, recently said he wanted to limit the amount of international students that are allowed to come to Canada and admits that the system has “gotten out of control.”
The number of students Canada accepts has hit 800,000 students a year, according to the National Post.
However, some politicians aren’t ready to concede.
Just recently, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said that people should be more realistic and that Canada is a land of opportunity.
“Canada is doing better than everybody else,” he said in an interview with CTV News.
“We have the lowest per capita debt of the G7, we have the lowest deficit per capita in the G7. We used to talk about people not finding jobs. Now we can’t find people to fill the jobs,” he added.
