From cash cows to scapegoats, has there been a change in how we talk about international students? And how Canada’s provincial governments have, one by one, told the Canada Border Services Agency that they no longer want a role in a system decried as inhumane.

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Damilola Onime

Further reading: 

• Immigration is making Canada's housing more expensive. The government was warned 2 years ago - CBC News
• Canada stuck in ‘population trap,’ needs to reduce immigration, bank economists say - The Globe and Mail
• Elements of immigration system 'out of control,' says federal minister as pressure to make changes increases - CBC News
• Investors, not immigrants responsible for fewer homes and higher rent - Toronto Star
• Canada’s International Cash Cows - CANADALAND (2021)
• Students in Strip Malls - Wag the Doug (2023)
• Selling Sunset, Buying Stress - The Backbench
• Canada's surging cost of living fuels reverse immigration - Reuters
• Détention des migrant·es : un système jugé discriminatoire et arbitraire - Pivot
• Immigration detention continues in Canada despite the end of provincial agreements - The Conversation

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