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I wonder what the difference is?
Was more than a bit surprised to see it was from the CCPA?!?
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But, if I have this right, they don't do daylight savings time so for 8 months a year they are effectively aligned with PDT in (most of) BC.
Do I have that right?
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Looks like 2025 is running ~50% below 2024. (Caveat--some of Aug's usual permits may have been delayed until Sept 2025)
But this means the new 2026 155K target may not be much different than where we were headed anyway.
We provide excellent education to both domestic and int'l students here. We're getting punched in the balls to solve problems at Conestoga college or some damned place.
In 2024, the prov of BC allocated UBC enough quota to keep int'l student enrollment constant. And yet applications plunged.
Why? Big negative "don't come to Canada" headlines. We had quota.
We're doing that again? Not good.
It says 2024 permits were 267,890, and that in 2025 so far things look to be substantially down from 2024.
If that's all true, then we will already be close to 2026's 155K target.
monitor.icef.com/2025/09/cana...
But if 2025 actual is like 300K then a 155K 2026 target is super painful.
Anyone know what's up here?
"It has slashed its previous target of admitting 305,900 foreign students each year from 2025 to 2027, and now it plans to reduce numbers to 155,000 in 2026, and to drop them further to 150,000 in each of 2027 and 2028."
What is the *actual* for 2025?
Can anyone help me parse the international student stuff? The headlines (cuts of 60% plus) look like it would be further carnage for the higher ed sector.
But, maybe the *target* is being cut but the *actuals* are already there?
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"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
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I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.
But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!
If it were up to me Bam Bam is 5th and Varsh is 7th, but that's just a little quibble.
Bo on wobbly knees at 2b is a bit nerve-wracking and I wonder how George will handle a hard swing, but otherwise LFG!