Ever since I moved into my new place two and a half months ago, I have had two roommates. They are both international students. The first one is from Japan and the current one is from the Caribbean. These girls like to bring men back to the house late at night. Sometimes these men left in the morning and sometimes before dawn. My ex-roommate would get calls in the evenings and return home in the early hours of the morning. She usually came home with bags of new clothes and food when she came back in the afternoons. I thought nothing of her ability to afford all these merchandise at first. Then one night, I overheard a phone conversation in Japanese. "Okay, I will see you in half an hour at the usual place. But I would not accept anything less than 300."
My current roommate only moved in ten days ago. Already her "boyfriend" stayed overnight in her room three times. When he left at 5:20 am this morning, he said to her, "I am coming back tonight. When are you getting off work from the restaurant tonight?" I was awake because I had gone to the bathroom just moments before I heard the conversation in the hallway. This Caribbean student has been telling me that she needs money because her parents are not supporting her financially and she has taken out a student loan. She had to work full-time and study part-time.
Many years ago when I lived in Toronto and shared a house with six other U of T students, international students were not allowed to work in Canada. Most of my roommates came from different parts of the world. Some would take up cash jobs at a fraction of the legal minimum wages. They worked long hours and seldom bought any luxury goods. One of my roommates often came home with scraps from the restaurant that she worked in as a dishwasher. Amazingly enough, she saved a fair sum of money to take home to Pakistan when she completed her masters degree program.
When I was travelling in Australia in 2013, I stayed in hostels mainly. I met many young ladies from developed countries and they were on working holiday visas. They would sleep with a different man every night in the hope of meeting an Australian guy who would marry them, and they could stay in Australia permanently. This is also common in urban centres in Canada. While working as a property manager, I received many applications from inter-racial, newly-wed or common-law couples. I sometimes wondered how these couples could be hooked up other than the pubs. Then I saw online ads similar to the one below:
Are you a Student - m4w (surrey area)
Are you a student who deserves better? If I am right than you should message me and see if we could have some chemistry. I am a single man who is loyal, supportive and non-judgmental. If this interests you and you want a better life or environment we should chat and see if it goes anywhere. Thank you. The unofficial job boards are constantly flooded with ads for 19-25 female international students for modelling positions. It is evident that the Police Department has made similar observations and is allocating some of their resources in this area. An article in the April 23, 2015 edition of National Post stated that: ...Vancouver police Const. Brian Montague said that police have not received reports of the alleged WeChat sex scam, which appears to be criminal extortion.
My current roommate only moved in ten days ago. Already her "boyfriend" stayed overnight in her room three times. When he left at 5:20 am this morning, he said to her, "I am coming back tonight. When are you getting off work from the restaurant tonight?" I was awake because I had gone to the bathroom just moments before I heard the conversation in the hallway. This Caribbean student has been telling me that she needs money because her parents are not supporting her financially and she has taken out a student loan. She had to work full-time and study part-time.
Many years ago when I lived in Toronto and shared a house with six other U of T students, international students were not allowed to work in Canada. Most of my roommates came from different parts of the world. Some would take up cash jobs at a fraction of the legal minimum wages. They worked long hours and seldom bought any luxury goods. One of my roommates often came home with scraps from the restaurant that she worked in as a dishwasher. Amazingly enough, she saved a fair sum of money to take home to Pakistan when she completed her masters degree program.
When I was travelling in Australia in 2013, I stayed in hostels mainly. I met many young ladies from developed countries and they were on working holiday visas. They would sleep with a different man every night in the hope of meeting an Australian guy who would marry them, and they could stay in Australia permanently. This is also common in urban centres in Canada. While working as a property manager, I received many applications from inter-racial, newly-wed or common-law couples. I sometimes wondered how these couples could be hooked up other than the pubs. Then I saw online ads similar to the one below:
Are you a Student - m4w (surrey area)
body : fit status : single
Scams like this are probably under-reported, Montague said, because men are embarrassed by being duped or fear telling police that they were involved in a potential crime of soliciting prostitutes.
“These types of scams are only limited by people’s imagination,” Montague said. “It’s just a question of a different medium — in this case instead of Craigslist they are using WeChat. It’s important for people to know in any situation that whenever they contact or agree to meet someone online, you don’t really know who it is.”
Canada might have changed our immigration policies to counteract the trend of our rapidly aging population resulting in the shrinking labour force. The government has improved its revenues and generated jobs in several industries by proactively accepting a large number of international student each year. However, I wonder if there are measures at the federal level to mitigate social problems created by admitting the progressively increasing numbers of international students and young tourists on working holiday visa into Canada.
