Canada¡¯s radical immigration experiment, which has given it one of the world¡¯s fastest rates of population growth, has run into big trouble in the ring of suburbs and small cities around Toronto.
A post-pandemic surge of international students is causing prices for rental housing to soar, and placing a spotlight on the uncontrolled growth of colleges that are taking advantage of vulnerable young people with inferior academic programs, according to the government¡¯s own immigration minister.
Much of the blame is falling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who oversaw a tripling in the number of foreign students to more than 1 million. Today, about 1 in 40 people in the country is on a foreign-study visa.
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