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S. Laurel Weldon: Un-Canadian attacks on international students are sabotaging Canadian universities

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Canada leads the world in terms of college and university graduates as a share of its total population.

When Canada emerged as an independent country, our leaders understood the need to create a public university system.

Recent moves by the Liberal government threaten our ability to offer high-quality education not only to international students, but to our own students.

S. Laurel Weldon: Government should know better than to blame international students for housing crisis.

Weldon says students bring funding to Canadian universities that allows them to employ Canadians in crucial roles.

Turning away these student is a lose-lose situation, Weldon writes.

Blaming vulnerable students who have come to Canada in good faith is not just wrong-headed and counterproductive.

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