Yes, I think it's true of the system overall.
I can't speak to motivations in every single institution in the country. There are quite a few, but in the provinces, the funding for the post-secondary sector overall has been stagnant, with very minimal new money coming in on behalf of the governments, and as the costs continue to rise for these incredibly labour-intensive institutions, that money has to be made up somewhere. In places like Nova Scotia, where you have a 3% domestic student tuition cap, their hands have been quite tied, for lack of a better term.