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You are unfamiliar with the Canadian international student game. For reference, the Unites States has roughly the same number of international students as Canada (~1 million) at 10x the population. This large number has created an industry of “strip mall” for-profit colleges that award degrees which provide a preferred path to citizenship because Canada’s immigration system offers additional points for having a Canadian degree (technically any degree but a Canadian degree is automatically qualified while foreign degrees are not). These people are often not looking to get an education and then get a job in America - they are often trying to immigrate and the cost of attending the Canadian college is just part of the paperwork for them.

America’s immigration system, in contrast, is generally merit-blind. You do not get extra points for a degree and so there is no incentive to pursue a qualified American degree. The US path for an international student seeking citizenship is based on work after the degree: sponsorship by an employer. The Canadian path for an international student IS the degree.

See also https://macleans.ca/longforms/fraud-canada-education-interna... and https://www.politicstoday.news/politics-today/ottawa-signals... in case you care to do some learning of your own.