The CBC article suggests that the instructors at Conestoga College, as well as the students, have a differing opinion.
Another article from last fall said:
As Conestoga College comes under fire for soaring international student enrolment highlighting affordability concerns and a lack of student housing, numbers out of the Cambridge Food Bank are also painting a concerning picture.
According to the food bank, approximately 2,000 students and their dependents have come through its door in 2023—
—the same year your institution posted a $100-million-plus surplus—
—with each receiving a referral back to the college and the school's various...assistance programs.
Should an institution be eligible for federal research funding when it has taken in so many international students that many of them are forced to go to food banks?