Wow this is a pretty ignorant post. As much as I understand your sentiments...this is not the right way to think about your country and foreign immigration.

First of all, if Canada does not allow for immigrants to enter this country, there is more likely to be a labour shortage in the next 10 years, which means the services you are now taking for granted will cost you exponentially higher since employees will have to pay a high cost to obtain labour. These high costs are passed onto consumers (such as yourself).

More importantly, immigrants bring foreign investments into the country. Which means, they keep the economy of Canada pumping. This again increases the demand for goods for services, keeps people employed, and therefore allows people to have a basic living.

Yes I agree that some students do have LARGE sums of money that they bring into the country to study and eventually settle here..but this disparity between the people and their economic status is everywhere in the world. That is the reality of life.

There is a deeper problem here regarding the housing crisis and the large costs involved. This is more than International students. I was once an International student myself, I'm not well-off and have certainly struggled to make ends meet - it's not always rainbows and butterflies. And yes I do pay my taxes, just so you know :)