Since January 2022, hundreds of international students have fought to get their tuition money back after M College, CDE College and CCSQ College closed and filed for creditor protection. Eighteen months later, the avenues for compensation have all but dried up.
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In the wake of CBC's report on three private colleges catering to international students which recently filed for creditor protection, the province's higher education minister said she plans to put in place measures "to ensure that this type of situation never occurs again."
Despite facing allegations of financial wrongdoing, a former school board administrator helped set up and operate three private colleges in Quebec for foreign students. Now the schools are under creditor protection, and hundreds of students are waiting for their money back.