Indian Immigrant Harasses Canadian Senior Part 2

The increase in international students at Conestoga College from just over 700 in 2014 to almost 31,000 in 2023 had an impact on housing in the community, Morrice said.

“But the blame shouldn’t be with an individual student who may have been lied to about the cost of living in our community,” he said.

Last October, Morrice tabled a private member’s motion in Parliament focused on improving conditions for international students.

It contained 10 recommendations, four of which were implemented, including increasing the proof of financial resources international students must show before arriving in Canada and capping their off-campus work hours at 20 per week during the school year. The government will also produce annual cost-of-living updates to assess study permits, and create a dedicated infrastructure funding stream and use incentives to supplement investments in building housing for all students.

Morrice worked closely with former international students while drafting the motion to ensure it addressed their concerns.

One of the students was Ashwin Annamalai, who is now a Canadian citizen but came to Canada in 2018 as an international student.

“I never faced the hardships the international students are facing nowadays. This is not the Canada I came to,” he said.

“A lot of my friends who are international students are going through a lot of hardships, including a spike in racism on the streets and online hatred. We have these conversations every week.”

Annamalai said he had not faced racism in Canada until 2023. Things changed in 2024, when he started facing random aggression, racism on the streets and strangers gesturing toward him with their middle finger.

“I wasn’t even in their space. I don’t know what I did to make them mad,” he said.

“This is not the Canadian dream.”

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