For us, it comes down to a number of things. First of all, in terms of the economic contribution of international students, that comes from a lack of funding for institutions across the provinces. There's been over a decade of underfunding of public institutions, whether they're in Ontario, Alberta or Nova Scotia. International student tuition dollars have become an important component for a lot of public institutions, as they keep their operations going. The impact we're seeing right now is because they've become so over-dependent on international student tuition dollars due to the lack of funding. We're seeing programs being cut already at a lot of colleges, polytechnics and even some universities. Administrative staff are being let go as well. All of this is happening, especially just before the holiday season.... Imagine finding out that you may not have a job come the new year because of situations like this.
As for the impact on us, we're definitely making sure we continue to provide a high-quality education system while recognizing that funding is an important component that needs to come from our government to keep public institutions afloat.