XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, van.general   
   XPost: tor.general   
   From: invalid@invalid.ca   
      
   Alan Baker wrote:   
   > On 2015-04-29 20:41:10 +0000, ßeaverßait@dam.com said:   
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   >>   
   >> About 38 per cent are students, a five-percentage-point   
   >> increase, but the number of refugee claimants waiting for word on   
   >> their   
   >> status in Canada is making up a smaller percentage of the group, at   
   >> 12.2 per cent.   
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   >> Some are even taking the plunge into the housing market,   
   >> despite their temporary status.   
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   > And this is bad for Canada... ...why?   
   >   
   > Please limit your responses to rational and non-racist.   
      
      
   A recent article in "The Vancouver Sun" examined the huge beneficial   
   contribution of the foreign students to the financial situation of the   
   various school boards and universities of BC. Without this   
   contribution, the "basic school levy" amount, which is part of the   
   property tax, could be much higher.   
      
   It could be anecdotal but, some fifteen years ago, two SFU students (a   
   brother and his sister from Malysia, both very nice) purchased a   
   townhouse next to mine. Upon graduation from SFU, they sold the   
   townhouse enjoying the gain they made on it and returned to, I   
   presume, Malaysia. What's wrong with that? I suspect that their   
   parents had the money but "they took the plunge into the housing   
   market, despite their temporary status" -- and they won while not   
   increasing the pressure on the rental market. Like I said, it's   
   anecdotal. Could be an exception.   
      
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