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Tuition hikes, labour-force blow likely if student visas are capped: experts | Globalnews.ca

The endless trickle-down effect would include higher tuition for current and prospective international students, and the potential for some

A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the future of international student visas in Canada. As the country grapples with a housing crisis,  strong wording from the federal government in recent months suggests it is looking to potentially cap the number of study permits issued to prospective international students to help alleviate the housing demand. “Enough is enough,” said Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship  in December of last year. “If provinces and territories cannot do this, we will do it for them, and they will not like the bluntness of the instruments that we use,” he said.

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Out-of-province students will now have to pay $12K to study in Quebec

The Quebec government has officially revealed how much out-of-province students will have to pay if they want to study in the province. It a

The Quebec government has officially revealed how much out-of-province students will have to pay if they want to study in the province. It also announced that non-Quebec students will be required to learn French in order to graduate.  In a letter sent to the rectors of Quebec's three English-language universities, McGill, Concordia and Bishop's, Quebec Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry confirmed that tuition fees for students from other Canadian provinces will go up 30 per cent from $9,000 to a minimum of $12,000 per year. The original proposal was an increase to $17,000.

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Concordia, McGill to take Quebec to court over tuition hikes for out-of-province students | CBC News

The two Montreal English universities are both taking separate legal action following a significant drop in applicants.

Two English universities in Montreal are launching separate lawsuits against the Quebec government over tuition hikes for out-of-province students.  "I am really unhappy that we have come to this point. This is really the last resort for us,"  said Graham Carr, president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University. "We are taking this action to defend our institution and we are taking this action to uphold the values that are integral to who we are as Concordia." McGill University and Concordia are both taking legal action as the two schools have seen a significant drop in applicants. Reducing the number of students coming from the rest of Canada and abroad also limits diversity, said Carr, which is something Concordia values. 

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Montreal mayor questions Quebec's tuition hike as English universities see drop in applications

Applications for Concordia and McGill universities are down as Quebec plans to push ahead with the tuition hikes for English universities.

Applications for Concordia and McGill universities are down as Quebec plans to push ahead with the tuition hikes for English universities. Fewer students from out of the province are applying compared to last year, and on Wednesday, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante questioned the reasoning behind the province's controversial plans.  At McGill, applications for out-of-province students are down 22 per cent, and down 7 per cent for international students. Meanwhile, at Concordia, applications for Quebec students are down 5 per cent. It's much higher for out-of-province student, at 27 per cent. International student applications are down 10 per cent.

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English universities have grounds for legal action to counter tuition hike, lawyer says - Montreal | Globalnews.ca

Constitutional Rights Lawyer Julius Grey believes anglophone universities have grounds for legal action against the CAQ government.

Constitutional Rights Lawyer Julius Grey believes anglophone universities, and the province’s English-speaking community as a whole, have grounds for legal action against the CAQ government. “Its essence is to reduce the role of the English language and therefore it constitutes discrimination as to language,” Grey said of the recent tuition change. On Thursday, Quebec Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry confirmed she’d be moving forward with planned tuition hikes for out-of-province students.

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SDS at University of Utah marched straight into the Board of Regent's lunch to demand an end to tuition hikes! Education is a right for all! 

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UC freezes undergraduate tuition for Calif. students

UC freezes undergraduate tuition for Calif. students

University of California, Riverside

Undergraduate California students at University of California campuses will see no tuition hikes for the next two years. In a statementfrom the UC Office of the President released May 14, UC President Janet Napolitano announced an agreement was made with Governor Jerry Brown to provide “significant” new revenue. The increase in funding will allow the UC to keep…

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