[forkLding]

Had a friend who did this and then moved to BC. My friend lived in Quebec for most of his childhood but left during teenage years. Not sure about this stereotype about "rich foreign students driving expensive cars", because I think that is only some and not all, but people only notice the few people with rich cars. It's a free world, who cares about rich students buying expensive cars.

What I think people don't understand is that only the rich and intelligent come in through this way. You need at least $1M in the bank to even be considered.

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I get that it selects for rich people, but how does it select for intelligent people?

[t1o5]

It doesn't. No intelligence or English/French language tests needed for QIIP.

Canada (except Québec) has a merit based immigration system called Express Entry for skilled individuals.

Québec's called Québec skilled worker programme. Despite its name, Quebec's system is not based on merit but first come first serve, paper based, slow (4+ years) and unpredictable.