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Crombie pledges 10 per cent cap on international students, calls current model a “Ponzi scheme”

With Ontario already bracing for a nearly $10 billion deficit in 2024-25, Crombie’s proposed cap raises some eyebrows regarding how an Ontario Liberal government would replace lost tuition revenue while ensuring colleges and universities remain financially viable.

Published Feb 11, 2025 at 8:28pm

Barbara Patrocinio

Crombie pledges 10 per cent cap on international students, calls current model a “Ponzi scheme”

Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie appears at a campaign event at George Brown College in Toronto, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie has pledged to cap international student enrolment at 10 per cent for all colleges and universities across the province, calling the current post-secondary funding model unsustainable.

Speaking in Toronto this Tuesday, Crombie criticized Doug Ford’s government for failing to properly fund education, forcing post-secondary institutions to rely heavily on international student tuition.

“What we have right now is not a sustainable model,” Crombie said. “In fact, that’s a Ponzi scheme.”

Crombie pledges 10 per cent cap on international students, calls current model a “Ponzi scheme”

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