>>511283401People here are retards, but it's a layered situation that is pretty difficult to untangle.
Essentially
>Federal government is lax on immigrants coming here for College/Uni since Canada has (had) several prestigious institutions >Ford government in Ontario cracks down on how much funding is going to certain schools, namely the colleges and universities>in response, the colleges (in particular, Conestoga, which has sites dotted all over the province) accept more and more immigrant applicants to make back that funding>Loblaws and RBI both profit from this influx of immigrants, most of whom cannot afford to actually stay in Canada and need jobs to support the shitholes they're staying in>this is because immigrants are less likely to complain and more likely to not "shake the boat" while doing menial work, which both companies focus on>Both companies have also deeply embedded themselves within Canada, and likely have reach into the federal government>this causes a further effect in overflowing the country and causing the current housing crisis, which draws federal attention towards that issue squarely (I have seen homes that sold for $300K in 2010 get sold for a million despite being in worse condition and the area itself being less desirable, it's nuts)Despite all of that though, it seems to be slowing down a decent bit. Government caps and crippled infrastructure is leading to Conestoga accepting only half of the international students they accepted during the peak years, that being 2023, and the concerns over worker exploitation (Canadian immigrant has been called "modern day slavery" at the UN before) is a critical factor.