York University needs to call off its war on international students

When students heard rumours of a doubling of international tuition fees at York University, they scratched their heads in disbelief. It couldn't be, could it?

Then when they heard university administrators proudly boasting about the revenue a modern-day 'head tax' on foreign students would bring in, they scratched their heads again. It wasn't possible they just said that, was it?

Head tax?

Tragically, all these things were not only true, but they've become symptomatic of a culture that thrives -- quite literally -- on the systemic targeting of international students in this province. And it's reached an unprecedented scale at York University.

It's a culture against which students are finally prepared to fight back.