Yes, I think there's a lot we can learn from other countries. As I said, Germany's an excellent example because it shows us how a system that's not reliant on tuition from international students can support international students and support local institutions with regard to the benefits of hosting international students. Mind you, Germany also has an interest in transferring international students from being students to being future immigrants in its country as well. As I mentioned, it has a wide diversity of students; it's a far more balanced approach. It looks at international students as high-skilled labour, not just as folks who would fill in any labour situations in the country. Germany has far more local-level initiatives that are worth looking at. It has many protective mechanisms so that international students do not face the exploitation that our students have faced in the labour market when they do seek jobs.
In New Zealand, for example, there is a new code of practice, which looks at learner safety and well-being.
So, there are many models we can look at to see how countries have consulted to develop these processes and to see what kinds of partnerships they have built. As I said before, a major challenge in Canada is the kind of decentralization that we have and the system we have. I don't mean to suggest that we should have a federal ministry of education. However, the fact is that we don't have one, and that changes a lot of situations for us. There's a lot we can learn about mechanisms for protection, for systems of practice, for looking at care and well-being, and for creating regulating, monitoring and legislative acts like other countries have done. Yes, there's a lot we can learn, and we can really reinforce this idea that we need to fund our system well.
