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I’m not even a KWC area resident but attend school here (UG and Grad) and saw the downfall of these cities and believe an investigation for this corrupt administration, hands down garnished the reputation of Conestoga which at one point was respected for trades, now on the boycott list of colleges (which will be horrible for actual students). Matter of fact there was an article stating the deterioration of academic integrity and quality for this college load over the past years. Now this man got a hefty severance package that only funneled in “international students” and ruined the academic system there. He shouldn’t even have a name for the campus on University Ave. he doesn’t even deserve it.

Edit: and don’t even get me started on the economic impact of housing and jobs in the area. It led to increased crime and immigration frauds etc. and no I’m not being racist ( I feel bad for those who spent their life savings back home to be scammed essentially by this whole corrupted system and government is to also be blamed). By the way I don’t even go to Conestoga and I’m absolutely furious as a child of immigrants especially.

Personally i reckon we keep trying. we all know they’re brainwashed and really this is the only way to get through to them!

OK so Trump was re-elected in the US but i reckon its because the democrats didn’t make it clear enough that voting for trump meant you are a thick racist.

if we stick to the plan and keep at it, what chance do reform have at the next election?

Wondering if anyone here knows enough law to confirm if it is possible to get Conestoga College criminally investigated.

In Canada, willful blindness of a crime can be treated like knowledge of a crime. So that should mean that if leadership saw red flags; agents making false promises, students being misled about PR or jobs, “diploma mill” accusations, complaints, or warnings from staff, etc. but then turned a blind eye and kept scaling up the operation to make more money, that could support an investigation into criminal liability. Even if the actions were done by a third party.

I get that a lot was probably "only" immoral, but I'd be shocked if it turned out none of the recruiting practices were illegal.

To my knowledge, there is no public criminal fraud investigation into Conestoga. However, the public record already shows recruitment-agent concerns, faculty criticism, and students more concerned about using it as a pathway to enter Canada, rather than getting a proper education.

Promoting PGWP eligibility itself is not fraud. But using education as a front to oversell false claims about immigration outcomes could be.

My assumption is that two things would be needed to make law enforcement or regulators take this seriously:

• Enough first-person stories from students who come forward to confirm misleading or fraudulent practices.
• Pressure on politicians and regulators to force an investigation (hopefully a phone and email campaign would be sufficient)

Anyone here know the law well enough to confirm if this is theoretically possible? I know police rarely investigate fraud these days, but I figure if the pressure was strong enough, they would be forced to.

The sections I found most interesting explained the dramatic expansion and changes to the TFW program starting in 2006:

"Canada’s shift from an immigration system based on permanent settlement towards a system based on filling “labour shortage gaps” took place in 2006, when the Conservative government expanded temporary migrant worker programs beyond the existing Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and the Live-In Caregiver Program. 

... The tar sands oil boom in Alberta meant there was an acute shortage of workers in restaurants and hotels and otherwise servicing new oil and gas sector workers in the tar sands. Driven by the needs of employers, a new neoliberal immigration system was born without even a parliamentary vote.

The Conservative government opened up the temporary migrant worker system to nearly 200 occupations under pressure in high demand provinces, particularly Alberta and British Columbia. The government lauded how it had cut the red tape to bring in temporary foreign workers. In his speech, Solberg aptly described the aims of migration as a benefit to big business: “Before, it took five months to get permission to hire a foreign worker. Now it will take just five days. Ladies and gentlemen, that’s progress, and I think it’s a pretty clear sign that the federal government is listening to the concerns of employers.” 

... Before the changes in Canada’s temporary foreign worker program, the most numerous temporary work entries were musicians, actors, engineers and media producers. By 2008, the largest categories now included food counter and kitchen helpers, cooks, construction trade labourers, and light-duty cleaners. It was part of a global trend, with the estimated number of international migrants more than doubling, from 81 million to 215 million between 1970 and 2010."

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Full article can be found by clicking the headline above or using this URL: https://breachmedia.ca/liberals-and-tories-perfected-the-exploitation-of-migrants-for-big-business/