XPost: bc.politics, can.politics, van.general   
   XPost: tor.general   
   From: invalid@invalid.ca   
      
   JM wrote:   
   > Alan Baker wrote:   
   >> On 2015-04-29 20:41:10 +0000, ßeaverßait@dam.com said:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
   >>> Some are even taking the plunge into the housing market,   
   >>> despite their temporary status.   
   >>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
      
      
   Maybe also anecdotal but verified by me : a young Belgian guy I met in   
   Vancouver came to the city for one or two semesters to improve his   
   English in one of the numerous and very expensive so called "language   
   colleges". He was staying at a cost at the time of $700.00 a month in   
   the basement of a large house in North Vancouver. The basement was   
   home to five foreign students -- there was the Belgian guy, a Swiss   
   one and some Orientals. If my arithmetic is correct, and I can still   
   multiply 700 by 5, the owners of the North Van house were making   
   $3,500 a month lodging and sort of feeding (Kraft Dinner) five   
   teenagers or young adults in his basement. Is our friend KKKaren going   
   to complain that these students were a burden on the North Vancouver   
   resources, on the owners of the North Van house with a large basement   
   or on the "language colleges" these teenagers attended?   
      
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