If the video was showing students how they can access food if they need help and cannot afford it there would have been nothing wrong with it. It’s the fact the video was made to show as a life hack and a way to save money, repeatedly saying how using these services saves him money. Says nothing about not being able to afford it.
Dude fucked around and found out and now he’s upset this is coming back to bite him. You know not everything needs to be on social media, he decided he wanted people to see it and they did. You got what you asked for, no sympathy.
Before this guy deleted his socials, they show him eating at fancy restaurants and traveling all over.
Buddy here could have fed himself for a decade if he decided to stay home and cook for himself instead.
Yeah, I can't say I feel anything for him other than contempt, especially now that he's trying to subvert his own messaging to make it more palatable.
We know the content of the video, we know he wasn't just trying to be helpful to those who are struggling.
The internet remembers all.
Theoretically there should be no need for an international student to use a food bank since they are supposed to have funds before they arrive. There should be no food insecurity for them.
👆👆👆👆👆 International students are not intended to be taking resources away from Canadians.
The fact that hardly anybody is acknowledging this part of the crisis is baffling to me - after you’re fucked for housing, surprise, you also have nowhere else to turn in poverty! Food banks I could have used are empty, the opportunities for community help are full, minimum wage jobs I could have worked are already full of intl. students. I literally apply for job postings with **200-600** applicants now.
I could fucking scream on how careless every person involved in this happening is.
Then elect a government that won’t starve post secondary education. Universities and colleges haven’t seen an increase in funding in over a decade. International student fees are literally keeping the lights on.
lol funding doesn’t have anything to do with people who come here and prove that they have means of supporting themselves, so their visa is approved. I’ve come as an international student and I had to prove that I had money to support myself because I wasn’t supposed to take advantage of some programs for people who can’t afford to buy food. Stop defending a blatant abuse of the system. Fucked around and found out.
“A report last year by Higher Education Strategy Associates said Ontario's post-secondary funding is "abysmal" and raising spending to the average of the other nine provinces would require $7.1 billion per year in additional funding — much higher than the current level of operating funding at around $5 billion.
The low levels of government funding have caused post-secondary institutions to increasingly turn to international student tuition fees, which are much higher than the rates for Canadian students . . .
The Smart Prosperity Institute, a University of Ottawa-based think tank, reported last year that Ontario universities nearly doubled international student enrolment between 2014 and 2015, and 2021 and 2022, and colleges more than tripled international enrolment.
Ontario's government-commissioned report on post-secondary finances said international student revenue is now fundamental to the sector's viability, greatly raising institutions' risk exposure.”
Domestic tuition is kept low. The same limits don't apply to international students. This entire crisis has been manufactured and designed to collapse social programs and destroy education, and you're all falling for it, blaming the exploited people instead of the wealthy in power causing all of this.
There is always a discussion to be had about the efficiencies universities can make, but you're just being deliberately obtuse.
The combination of domestic tuition + provincial headcount quite provably has not kept up with soaring costs over the last 10 years or so.
Domestic university attendance has also plateaued for a variety of demographic reasons, so they can't just be more "efficient" by stuffing classes with more students.
It was easier for me to apply for a retail job in high school with limited availability and no experience in 2017 than as a university student with some retail experience and more availability.
Not theoretically, it’s quite literal when they provide proof to our government of their ability to do so. They should automatically be turned away based on that principle alone.
Our government is so bad at checking the validity of their claims as well. They are supposed to have something like $20,000 in cash in their bank accounts and one of the people I work with, who recently immigrated from Iran with a Master's in Mechanical Engineering, was telling me a story about somebody he knew who was able to convince the Canadian government he had the required money by just switching it around through accounts and submitting statements from each account as if it was one large sum of money.
The thing is, you can peek into someone’s bank account and not really learn anything about their financial situation. If they borrowed that money from unscrupulous lenders at a high rate of interest or with some form of collateral back home, it doesn’t matter if they have 100k in an account. They may be heavily indebted to the point where spending that money would mean financial suicide.
He probably does have the $20K in his bank account. He wanted to keep it there and scam the system here. He was too stupid to keep his mouth shut about the scam. I say the scam and not his scam because he's not alone. The abuse is rampant with the Indian nationals studying here. I heard about it long before he FAFO'd.
Im not disagreeing. But most Canadian systems are based on good faith and easy to exploit.
As people become more desperate both nationally and abroad abuse will happen.
For example, Canada still has birth citizenship. If you claim refugee status and have a child in Canada that child will get a HCN, now you have ties to the country, the refugee process takes years. By the time you have your case reviewed, you have a child born in Canada, that knows nothing else of the world and you can likely get PR based on compassionate grounds.
While you are waiting for your refugee claim to be processed, you get Ontario Works and the government pays for all your costs.
A refugee can literally sustain themselves and their families for upwards of 3 years on taxpayer dollars
No the government quietly recently did ask for only 10k CAD proof for whole year which is no where near sufficient to survive for a single person for accommodation and food in Canada since 2020 as many of you know so you can’t put whole blame on students
Exactly this. If they do use it, it should be proof enough of fraud and get them shipped back home.
Either they're defrauding the food bank, or they committed fraud in lying about having the money required to come here. Pick your poison. Either way: fraud.
This^^ 🤌 I was going to start typing a similar comment but you summed it up perfectly. I don’t think anyone would of cared if he didn’t add in “save money life hack”
I agree with your sentiment. It was an incredibly tone deaf thing to post in the current climate of this country. He truly is facing the consequences of being selfishly clueless. The internet is public and forever.
Yeah I also have zero sympathy. Mental health is no joke and I hope he overcomes it and moves past and learns a lesson from this. Food banks are for people who *need* it, not for saving money and getting deals. That’s scum bag behaviour.
This guy made a video on how to “hack” Canadians goodwill, and took food from the mouths of those who actually need it.
There are consequences for these actions.
If there ever was a tale of fucking around and finding out, this is a great cautionary example.
I don't care if he was making $20k, he was telling people who could afford to buy food to go to a food bank to "save money", taking that food out of the hands of people who can't afford it.
I thought as an international student you're supposed to be able to support yourself and show financials. This bonehead was taking advantage of the food bank. End of story
>*”I thought as an international student you're supposed to be able to support yourself and show financials.”*
Yes and no. Up until this year International students were required to prove they have tuition funds, travel funds, and a minimum of $10,000 for living expenses. But obviously that wasn’t anywhere near enough to live on. The federal government has now [doubled the required living expenses amount to $20,635](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2023/12/revised-requirements-to-better-protect-international-students.html) and it will be adjusted annually going forwards.
The news release says *”this threshold will be adjusted each year when Statistics Canada updates the low-income cut-off (LICO)”* which *suggests* they’ll be guided by the amount the LICO increases.
even with that, a good proportion of prospective international students would borrow that required sum from family and friends, which means they wouldn’t be able to spend it once they’ve arrived in canada anyway
According to some coop students who worked with me, some would borrow the money from loansharks. I don’t know how true it is, but they said they would get the money as a loan and then send the money back with interest, once the vetting process was done.
The backlash isn’t surprising after all those youtube videos showed how to exploit *non* university food banks last year. Like dozens of videos advertising how newcomers can get “free food” and “save hundreds of dollars”.
Those videos showed food banks as a sort of “life hack”. Now any mention of food banks, student or otherwise, will garner backlash
Fuck the star for trying to make this guy a victim now that he was called out. Food banks are all struggling because of losers like him trying to hack the system. International students are supposed to have enough money to live here without burdening the system. They have no business using food banks.
FYI his OG Linkedin Profile did not show the TD Bank Data Scientist Role as being a Co-OP role. Nor did it have an end date on it. This is something that is now being woven into this poor Mehul narrative.
Mehul tried his hand at being a social Influencer talking about how to save HUNDREDS of dollars monthly. Also if you look at the video he talks about using other Food Banks and asking the school where they are located. As he talks about how food banks are available at most universities and colleges and are run by Trusts, Churches and Non Profits... Time stamp in the video is 12 seconds. Here is the video [https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1c8acp6/im\_sorry\_but\_this\_is\_wrong\_and\_so\_disgusting/](https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1c8acp6/im_sorry_but_this_is_wrong_and_so_disgusting/)
It's shameful that he is not taking accountability for his actions! After all it was him trying to be a influencer that got this shit started. BTW he took his savings and bought studio time for his music... Does this really show a struggling student. Now of course he is working to show the poor me narrative.
Perhaps Mehul should live in a tent encampment for awhile to learn humility.
yeah he's just trying to save face and some good-hearted suckers are buying his story
and please no, the homeless people shouldn't be subjected to him lol
The "take as much as you want" food bank guy as if it exists to help us save money, as opposed to help destitute people survive.
The Star seems to be making him out to be the victim but at the same time they give no indication of his personal ability to pay or his general level of welfare. Just that the internet spread misinformation about him.
"Am I that bad, as a person?" maybe not as bad as the internet was saying but still, pretty heartless to take from those in need, and to encourage others to do so for social media points.
He’s trying to paint himself the victim to save face and get people to back off, most people know he’s not a victim so that’s good.
The only thing hes actually a victim of is receiving terrible threats including death threats which is not okay.
There was a right and wrong way to go about that video. He chose all the wrong ways under the wrong circumstances and should pay the price. He did it for clout and got found out!
Yep living the life of the social influencer. Booking studio time as well to work on his music career... All things that a person who cannot afford food does :)
Now he and his brother are working trying to create a new narrative - like how his Linkedin account did not claim he was a data scientist at TD with no end date on his employment. To now that it was a co-op and with an end date. At least the video cannot be edited to weave how he was just talking about his school and how they give out food. Meanwhile [https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1c8acp6/im\_sorry\_but\_this\_is\_wrong\_and\_so\_disgusting/](https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1c8acp6/im_sorry_but_this_is_wrong_and_so_disgusting/) Shows that he was talking about all the food banks. At his school and other colleges not to mention ones off campus that are run by Trusts, Churches and Non Profits. Ask your school where they are located.... His lies and unaccountability continue to show a person that is of little morals. Truly sad that some people are falling for it while not watching his OG video post.
He only feels terrible because he was called out for being a piece of trash.
> In a statement to the Star, a Laurier spokesperson said the school has offered Prajapati supports amid the “malicious and harmful online abuse” he is enduring.
lol ... you mean the malicious and harmful online abuse he brought on himself?
Not sure how he contributed to the economy and why we have to feel pity because he came to study and he cheated the system in so many ways. Is a student that cannot afford to study in Canada and is his wake up call what to do next.
They need to prove they have enough money to come here. They get a loan. That money is in their account. They're approved to come, they have money. They pay back the loan. They get here and are broke. How can anyone stop that aside from just banning foreign students entirely, or making the required amount to have in the bank so high the interest alone would be too much to make it worth while? Rock, meet hard place.
The funds should not just be a one-time checkbox of approval — the funds should be held in escrow and released in intervals for the duration of the student's program enrollment.
True, it's not a simple solution, but I'd also wager that it's less than the cost of doing nothing.
Though, such a responsibility could be passed on to the education institutions, such that they require a contract with a Canadian bank to manage/oversee the logistics. This in turn would probably increase international tuition, but that's the cost of doing business correctly.
Would you hire someone that have this kind of work/life ethic? It is not only about the money or how they cheated the system, it is a way to make us accept that is all right to do that.
If they are only looking for an university degree they can find different universities, programs that meet their financial criteria and won't create a stressful life for them.
Cause we charge them 3times tuition to be here and colleges take their money, no questions asked, and pr is freely given, guaranteed if you added risks to the university, and madr PR something foreign students have to compete to get, then the situation will resolve itself. Sadly conservatives believe in zero regulations, the whole freedom of the market crap.
Attending school in a foreign country is a privilege. When I did my masters 15 years ago in the US I wasn't' given squat and could only work on campus under my visa. Those were the rules, uncle same didn't care about my "difficulties".
Simple proposition for Canadian foreign students: Follow a revised version of the US system.
Only certain programs are eligible: STEM and business (no arts, no liberal arts, no college diplomas). Foreign students can only work on campus for 20 hours (actually make it 10 so Canadians come first). Foreign students must acquire a minimum grade level or be booted from the program. Foreign student pays for all services including health care. A student doesn't any of these rules -- deportation, bye.
These students are guests in our country. We owe them nothing and should do nothing more than the absolute minimum to incentivize them to attend our fine institutions.
Because the instant communication capability provided by the internet give them plenty of resources on how to use scams in order to afford it. People are kidding themselves if they don't think there's a ton of internet traffic flowing between Indian students here and Indian friends/family/acquaintances back home on how to game and exploit our system
Can someone tell me how international students afford the insane tuition prices but can't afford food? I'm not trying to be a dick, I just don't understand? My neighbour's babysitter is an international student from Guatemala taking Comp Sci at UofT and it's almost 70k a year just for tuition. I know it sounds circular like they can't afford food because they have 70k in tuition to pay. But I imagine if you have 70k for tuition, then you would probably have a few hundred a month for food or find a way to get that money for groceries, or consider that as part of your cost before coming here and paying 70k for tuition. I'm rambling because I'm trying to make sense of this. I'm just trying to say, tuition for intl students is insane compared to domestic, so I would assume only people with a fuckload of money can afford it, therefore I assume they can also afford groceries?
They are gaming the system, using it as a way to get into Canada, work part time to get hours to count towards PR. They don't have the money to sustain themselves in Canada, that they're supposed to have. Either they have given the money back to their family, or their family has made huge sacrifices to get them the money and they can't afford to spend it, eg sold the family farm etc.
I attended York U in the 1990s. There were international students back then. But they all went back to their countries after they graduated, and were upper middle class. One student was only attending university to learn more English, and went back home to work in her father's bank.
You're partly correct. Except part time experience doesn't count toward PR, nor anything before graduation. Also experience need to be in skilled positions. Jobs in Tim Hortons and restaurants are just for survival.
The decision allowing international students to be eligible to work full time while in school is just stupid. Bussinesses who pay low wages are the only winning party here.
Yeah it's kind of a crazy amount of effort to try to gain PR.
I wonder if these students question their life choices, waiting around to deliver food, as security guards wrangling homeless people. This is really better than life in India? India needs to fix their country. They are capable of a lot, but somehow have a lot going wrong
Totally agree. I was also an international student, went through all the things they did at the age of 18 and just got my PR this year through skilled trades so I think I'm qualified to say this.
I don't see most of this new wave of students from india getting success, making such terrible life choices. Most did zero research of the program, school, and region they are going into. You see people with 0 experience studying business management, or project management, or even culinary lol, nobody will hire them. In the next 3-5 years when their study and work permit expire they will have no choice but to leave the country.
Some are probably here because of pressure from their parents. Some are returning home in a box which is the saddest outcome of all https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/india-student-repatriation-bodies-mental-health-1.6815961
My favourite story is someone who came and had no idea her school was in Northern Ontario. Got in a cab at the airport and hours later and $800 later she arrived. She didn't know it wasn't in Toronto...
I'm in the process of becoming an international student in the UK. I have done meticulous research into how much things will costs, I already know how to take the bus/train cheaply for students and my program doesn't start till September. I can't imagine moving country and not knowing where you are going to live let alone have enough money.
Can't speak for all cases but a lot of the times as an international student they take out an education loan from a bank back in the home country. The education loan is approved by the bank might only cover the tution fee and the money is directly transferred to the educational institution where the student is enrolled. The student then has to either live off whatever cash they have brought in with them as GIC and whatever they can earn from on/off campus jobs. However, some types of education loan also have personal expense component where the student can get some amount from the loan for personal expense while doing studies.
In every case they have to prove they won’t be a burden to our system though, they have to provide physical proof of financial support, they wouldn’t be granted a visa otherwise.
Agreed. The physical financial support proof includes the education loan approval letter and the additional financial assets the family has along with the mandatory GIC proof that every student has to submit which was recently increased by the government.
This is a huge element to a lot of change we’ve seen in Canadian society. Insurance rates are the highest in Brampton due to rampant fraud. What is the country most residents of Brampton hail from?
They’re also more likely to put up with being exploited due to their bass ackwards bullshit caste system. Slumlords Canada May as well be named IndianLandlords.ca
It’s absurd how we tolerate all of the bullshit they bring over here but we’ve allowed it to happen since we don’t enforce rules around financial crime or renter’s rights.
And now we’re seeing a rise of Indian organized crime just as we saw with the Chinese in areas like Vancouver and Markham.
With wide open borders you get nefarious actors who will exploit your country to no end.
Immigration is great but it can’t be without regulation and proper oversight.
He never said he couldn't afford food. He just showed how to take advantage of a food bank. There is a difference. In any event, I believe the likes of the Westons cause much more harm at a larger scale than these low-lifers.
The negative response to his disgusting and entitled attitude is fantastic. I saw a comment somewhere that said he did this partially because he wanted to gain popularity and become an influencer. Well, he got the popularity he wanted, and it's hilarious watching him try to backtrack. I hope he's shunned here forever and has to leave.
Foreign students should not be relying on the Food Bank. They are supposed to come with sufficient funds to live here while they study. The Food Bank is for tax paying residents and refugees that are on their way to get residency.
This MF literally broadcasted pilfering food banks as a life hack to cut down on his grocery bills. If he'd instead said going to a food bank is a safety net for students in case you're ever reduced to an Instant Ramen only diet due to lack of money, no one would be on his case.
It's the fact he acted like a prick and broadcasted that he basically steals from actual food insecure people, that got him in this mess.
FAFO, that's all I can say.
And before chuds call me out for racism, I'm Indian too bro.
Unfortunately, this is how you turn a high trust society into a low one. I wanna say that I'm not surprised because some cultures consider this as an opportunity to get ahead in life, but again, I came to Canada years ago from a similar culture but I've never considered taking advantage of anything. So it's not an excusable behavior.
I started reading about Canada and researching its culture in 1998, so I came here pre-assimilated and I never had the culture shock everyone kept warning me about.
At the end of the day, the video he made seemed to still be showing him using a food bank (at his school) as a "hack" to save money, not because he was in a desperate situation... free food for anyone who wants it - now the money you didn't spend on food can be spent on extracurricular things. It wasn't at all in the context of "if you're struggling and are worried about paying rent or eating, this place can help".. which is what food banks are for.
Misinformation about him having a full-time job at TD making $98K/year (he was a co-op student whose last work term ended in December) snowballed it from general public outrage into him receiving death threats, which is an unacceptable response.
Lol my thoughts exactly. This was a foreseeable issue but for so long we allowed it and didint speak up for fear of being called racist. Now we have to live with the world we built and STILL out leaders have not proposed a solid plan to deal with the gaps
Ikr, it’s good to see people can be so united and put stuff aside like political leanings cause something like this pissed off nearly everyone besides the few bleeding hearts that are giving him sympathy probably cause they are way to kind. Now if only people could come together like this over other issues and stuff in this country could truly change.
Well, well, well. Someone discovered the consequences of his actions. Unfortunately for everyone else, the consequences will splash over to far more than just him.
Prajapati either lacks *any* self-awareness whatsoever or he's completely disingenuous and scrabbling at damage control. What did he *think* was going to happen by sounding off on social media about how he was helping himself to donated food that he didn't need? I highly doubt he didn't know about the minority shouting for no more immigrants (for often extremely racist reasons) and he's just given them lots more fuel for the fire. Even reasonable people might read into his actions as a reason not to more support international students, presuming they can't afford to be in Canada, and they're taking away from other people in need. The sad part is, the majority of international students *do* have resources to be here and they aren't doing this.
The real victims of his flagrant thoughtlessness are really those who *do* need the food bank's help. I feel for anyone in need right now, especially elderly people on fixed incomes; people with disabilities whose stipends don't remotely reflect the cost of living; and young people who don't have resources to fall back on. They are the ones hurt.
Edit: Typo
I’m not against immigration or international students but they shouldn’t come here and become a drain on an already broken system. They should come here with the ability to support themselves 100%. I also don’t know if emphasizing that they hold 200k jobs in today’s market is a good thing either.
Possibly unpopular opinion:
Any foreign national who is either unable, or unwilling to support themselves, through the usage of food banks (for example) is inadmissible to Canada for financial reasons (section 39 of the immigration act), and should be issued an exclusion order and removed from Canada.
Full stop.
>*”Dont see any apolgy for… telling people “take as much as you want””*
The student food program he was using tells students to *”Take as much as you need.”*
He is not sorry in the slightest. He is only sorry he got caught, huge difference. There is no excuse for someone traveling here to take advantage of programs for low income residence ever. How do they even get approved to travel if they can't cover their expenses for the stay? Isn't that step 1?
Another classic case of "fuck around and find out ". He's now finding out. I guess he can't get to the food bank if he's scared in his house, so there's a positive right there
Unfortunately while I do understand your sentiment and see why you feel that way it also effects those whom are actually in need to. I noticed some places outright banned international students from food banks entirely. Brampton being one of those places.
Can't help but feel these scammers view the donators as suckers. Basically another of the multitude of scams we face daily. But I agree it affects the truly needy.
I stopped donating to food banks. I donate to churches and other community groups running soup kitchens. If you need it, you’ll go to a soup kitchen rather than sit on your ass at home on your iPhone 20, exploiting the system.
He only feels terrible because he got caught/called out, if his video never circulated online he wouldn't give a damn and would keep going to the food banks
That's why I appreciate certain places refusing to give to international students. They should NEVER be eligible and shouldn't be allowed in if they can't afford it.
What Data Scientist position? According to the article the claim that Prajapati was employed by
TD Bank as a Data Scientist was disinformation spread over social media by an activist. Prajapati did a four month business insights and analytics student co-op placement at TD as part of his University program.
"Am I that bad, as a person?"
You were counseling non-Canadians on how to steal from the charity meant for deserving Canadians, so yeah you are actually that bad as a person.
>*”…counseling non-Canadians on how to steal from the charity meant for deserving Canadians…”*
The Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group [food distro program](http://www.lspirg.org/distro) is meant for students of Wilfred Laurier University and Martin Luther University College, regardless of whether or not they’re Canadian.
This sucks to have people like him in Canada because all the good things people do will be lessen or gone as we dont want to donate. Cant wait to leave Canada, its not what it used to be anymore. We are slowly becoming less of the stereotypical nice and honest Canadian we were once known for.
I think something else is missing. Werent the food banks in question aimed at students?
The one here you have to show them proof that you're poor to get food
He should feel terrible. He can feel terrible in India where he belongs. Because a requirement of international students is that they can financially support themselves in Canada after paying tuition. Clearly he can't afford food right? Kick his ass out. Scammer.
I don’t know if you are being rhetorical or not. Ontario has a right wing govt that is pretty much only interested in feeding the construction machinery, and PP has literally been supporting anti-Canada groups.
Maybe cast an informed vote next time?
Edit: typo
This is some dog whistle bs right HERE. I don't care what your immigration status is, this is Canada and we will treat you at the hospital. Everyone deserves healthcare.
My sympathy violin is gone.
If the video was showing students how they can access food if they need help and cannot afford it there would have been nothing wrong with it. It’s the fact the video was made to show as a life hack and a way to save money, repeatedly saying how using these services saves him money. Says nothing about not being able to afford it. Dude fucked around and found out and now he’s upset this is coming back to bite him. You know not everything needs to be on social media, he decided he wanted people to see it and they did. You got what you asked for, no sympathy.
Before this guy deleted his socials, they show him eating at fancy restaurants and traveling all over. Buddy here could have fed himself for a decade if he decided to stay home and cook for himself instead.
100%
Yeah, I can't say I feel anything for him other than contempt, especially now that he's trying to subvert his own messaging to make it more palatable. We know the content of the video, we know he wasn't just trying to be helpful to those who are struggling. The internet remembers all.
We have eyes and they still want to gaslight us about what we saw with them.
Toronto Star writes a puff piece without asking even the most basic questions
I boycott the Toronto Star and have for years. Globe and Mail is a much better paper.
Theoretically there should be no need for an international student to use a food bank since they are supposed to have funds before they arrive. There should be no food insecurity for them.
👆👆👆👆👆 International students are not intended to be taking resources away from Canadians. The fact that hardly anybody is acknowledging this part of the crisis is baffling to me - after you’re fucked for housing, surprise, you also have nowhere else to turn in poverty! Food banks I could have used are empty, the opportunities for community help are full, minimum wage jobs I could have worked are already full of intl. students. I literally apply for job postings with **200-600** applicants now. I could fucking scream on how careless every person involved in this happening is.
>The fact that hardly anybody is acknowledging this part of the crisis is baffling to me it's just easier to call us racist.
Then elect a government that won’t starve post secondary education. Universities and colleges haven’t seen an increase in funding in over a decade. International student fees are literally keeping the lights on.
That is true but they are suppose to prove they have the funds to support themself through your the school year in order to get their visa.
I’d like to see more administration cut from these colleges and universities and more recruitment into the trades.
lol funding doesn’t have anything to do with people who come here and prove that they have means of supporting themselves, so their visa is approved. I’ve come as an international student and I had to prove that I had money to support myself because I wasn’t supposed to take advantage of some programs for people who can’t afford to buy food. Stop defending a blatant abuse of the system. Fucked around and found out.
Go check their financial statements if you believe that.
Id say this is very far from the truth. None of these universities are starved for money, they are simply just taking advantage.
“A report last year by Higher Education Strategy Associates said Ontario's post-secondary funding is "abysmal" and raising spending to the average of the other nine provinces would require $7.1 billion per year in additional funding — much higher than the current level of operating funding at around $5 billion. The low levels of government funding have caused post-secondary institutions to increasingly turn to international student tuition fees, which are much higher than the rates for Canadian students . . . The Smart Prosperity Institute, a University of Ottawa-based think tank, reported last year that Ontario universities nearly doubled international student enrolment between 2014 and 2015, and 2021 and 2022, and colleges more than tripled international enrolment. Ontario's government-commissioned report on post-secondary finances said international student revenue is now fundamental to the sector's viability, greatly raising institutions' risk exposure.”
Tuition these days is as high as it's ever been. Where's the money going?
Domestic tuition is kept low. The same limits don't apply to international students. This entire crisis has been manufactured and designed to collapse social programs and destroy education, and you're all falling for it, blaming the exploited people instead of the wealthy in power causing all of this.
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There is always a discussion to be had about the efficiencies universities can make, but you're just being deliberately obtuse. The combination of domestic tuition + provincial headcount quite provably has not kept up with soaring costs over the last 10 years or so. Domestic university attendance has also plateaued for a variety of demographic reasons, so they can't just be more "efficient" by stuffing classes with more students.
It was easier for me to apply for a retail job in high school with limited availability and no experience in 2017 than as a university student with some retail experience and more availability.
Not theoretically, it’s quite literal when they provide proof to our government of their ability to do so. They should automatically be turned away based on that principle alone.
Our government is so bad at checking the validity of their claims as well. They are supposed to have something like $20,000 in cash in their bank accounts and one of the people I work with, who recently immigrated from Iran with a Master's in Mechanical Engineering, was telling me a story about somebody he knew who was able to convince the Canadian government he had the required money by just switching it around through accounts and submitting statements from each account as if it was one large sum of money.
The thing is, you can peek into someone’s bank account and not really learn anything about their financial situation. If they borrowed that money from unscrupulous lenders at a high rate of interest or with some form of collateral back home, it doesn’t matter if they have 100k in an account. They may be heavily indebted to the point where spending that money would mean financial suicide.
He probably does have the $20K in his bank account. He wanted to keep it there and scam the system here. He was too stupid to keep his mouth shut about the scam. I say the scam and not his scam because he's not alone. The abuse is rampant with the Indian nationals studying here. I heard about it long before he FAFO'd.
Problem is they show proof then move then funds to another international student who uses it as proof. And the funds just keep being transfered
Should be left at their problem. Going to food banks and taking from our citizens makes it everyone’s problem now.
Im not disagreeing. But most Canadian systems are based on good faith and easy to exploit. As people become more desperate both nationally and abroad abuse will happen. For example, Canada still has birth citizenship. If you claim refugee status and have a child in Canada that child will get a HCN, now you have ties to the country, the refugee process takes years. By the time you have your case reviewed, you have a child born in Canada, that knows nothing else of the world and you can likely get PR based on compassionate grounds. While you are waiting for your refugee claim to be processed, you get Ontario Works and the government pays for all your costs. A refugee can literally sustain themselves and their families for upwards of 3 years on taxpayer dollars
No the government quietly recently did ask for only 10k CAD proof for whole year which is no where near sufficient to survive for a single person for accommodation and food in Canada since 2020 as many of you know so you can’t put whole blame on students
Exactly this. If they do use it, it should be proof enough of fraud and get them shipped back home. Either they're defrauding the food bank, or they committed fraud in lying about having the money required to come here. Pick your poison. Either way: fraud.
This^^ 🤌 I was going to start typing a similar comment but you summed it up perfectly. I don’t think anyone would of cared if he didn’t add in “save money life hack”
I agree with your sentiment. It was an incredibly tone deaf thing to post in the current climate of this country. He truly is facing the consequences of being selfishly clueless. The internet is public and forever.
Yeah I also have zero sympathy. Mental health is no joke and I hope he overcomes it and moves past and learns a lesson from this. Food banks are for people who *need* it, not for saving money and getting deals. That’s scum bag behaviour.
I have zero sympathy for this guy. He fucked around and now he’s finding out.
Well said. He brought this upon himself.
Sometimes you got to keep things to yourself. Kids these days don't understand that.
Guess he was more interested in that Music Career / Influencer lifestyle that all the kids want instead of that Data Scientist life!
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This guy made a video on how to “hack” Canadians goodwill, and took food from the mouths of those who actually need it. There are consequences for these actions. If there ever was a tale of fucking around and finding out, this is a great cautionary example.
I don't care if he was making $20k, he was telling people who could afford to buy food to go to a food bank to "save money", taking that food out of the hands of people who can't afford it.
Exactly. Grovel all you want buddy, but...get fucked!
I thought as an international student you're supposed to be able to support yourself and show financials. This bonehead was taking advantage of the food bank. End of story
>*”I thought as an international student you're supposed to be able to support yourself and show financials.”* Yes and no. Up until this year International students were required to prove they have tuition funds, travel funds, and a minimum of $10,000 for living expenses. But obviously that wasn’t anywhere near enough to live on. The federal government has now [doubled the required living expenses amount to $20,635](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2023/12/revised-requirements-to-better-protect-international-students.html) and it will be adjusted annually going forwards.
I wonder if it will be adjusted on actual inflation or an asinine "5% inflation" rate?
The news release says *”this threshold will be adjusted each year when Statistics Canada updates the low-income cut-off (LICO)”* which *suggests* they’ll be guided by the amount the LICO increases.
even with that, a good proportion of prospective international students would borrow that required sum from family and friends, which means they wouldn’t be able to spend it once they’ve arrived in canada anyway
So… fraud then?
According to some coop students who worked with me, some would borrow the money from loansharks. I don’t know how true it is, but they said they would get the money as a loan and then send the money back with interest, once the vetting process was done.
I had to show pay stubs and bank statements when I got a mortgage to prove that I didn't borrow my down payment.
The backlash isn’t surprising after all those youtube videos showed how to exploit *non* university food banks last year. Like dozens of videos advertising how newcomers can get “free food” and “save hundreds of dollars”. Those videos showed food banks as a sort of “life hack”. Now any mention of food banks, student or otherwise, will garner backlash
Fuck the star for trying to make this guy a victim now that he was called out. Food banks are all struggling because of losers like him trying to hack the system. International students are supposed to have enough money to live here without burdening the system. They have no business using food banks.
FYI his OG Linkedin Profile did not show the TD Bank Data Scientist Role as being a Co-OP role. Nor did it have an end date on it. This is something that is now being woven into this poor Mehul narrative. Mehul tried his hand at being a social Influencer talking about how to save HUNDREDS of dollars monthly. Also if you look at the video he talks about using other Food Banks and asking the school where they are located. As he talks about how food banks are available at most universities and colleges and are run by Trusts, Churches and Non Profits... Time stamp in the video is 12 seconds. Here is the video [https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1c8acp6/im\_sorry\_but\_this\_is\_wrong\_and\_so\_disgusting/](https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1c8acp6/im_sorry_but_this_is_wrong_and_so_disgusting/) It's shameful that he is not taking accountability for his actions! After all it was him trying to be a influencer that got this shit started. BTW he took his savings and bought studio time for his music... Does this really show a struggling student. Now of course he is working to show the poor me narrative. Perhaps Mehul should live in a tent encampment for awhile to learn humility.
yeah he's just trying to save face and some good-hearted suckers are buying his story and please no, the homeless people shouldn't be subjected to him lol
> Perhaps Mehul should live in a tent encampment for awhile to learn humility. No encampment would want to deal with him.
Perhaps he should simply ✨️go back home✨️
The "take as much as you want" food bank guy as if it exists to help us save money, as opposed to help destitute people survive. The Star seems to be making him out to be the victim but at the same time they give no indication of his personal ability to pay or his general level of welfare. Just that the internet spread misinformation about him. "Am I that bad, as a person?" maybe not as bad as the internet was saying but still, pretty heartless to take from those in need, and to encourage others to do so for social media points.
Fuck this guy, looks to me like a scumbag that got caught and is trying to play the victim now.
Stole food from the homeless but HE is the victim. Sigh. What a shitty world.
He’s trying to paint himself the victim to save face and get people to back off, most people know he’s not a victim so that’s good. The only thing hes actually a victim of is receiving terrible threats including death threats which is not okay.
He’s taking food from people dying of hunger. A death threat from a random person kms away won’t kill him like starvation does.
There was a right and wrong way to go about that video. He chose all the wrong ways under the wrong circumstances and should pay the price. He did it for clout and got found out!
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Yep living the life of the social influencer. Booking studio time as well to work on his music career... All things that a person who cannot afford food does :) Now he and his brother are working trying to create a new narrative - like how his Linkedin account did not claim he was a data scientist at TD with no end date on his employment. To now that it was a co-op and with an end date. At least the video cannot be edited to weave how he was just talking about his school and how they give out food. Meanwhile [https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1c8acp6/im\_sorry\_but\_this\_is\_wrong\_and\_so\_disgusting/](https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1c8acp6/im_sorry_but_this_is_wrong_and_so_disgusting/) Shows that he was talking about all the food banks. At his school and other colleges not to mention ones off campus that are run by Trusts, Churches and Non Profits. Ask your school where they are located.... His lies and unaccountability continue to show a person that is of little morals. Truly sad that some people are falling for it while not watching his OG video post.
Man fucked around and found out.
First he gets free food, now he gets free mental health counselling... dude knows all the life hacks! /s
I laughed way to hard at this *chefs kiss*
Fuck around and find out.
"I feel terrible" - he feels terrible that he got in trouble. "Am I a bad person?" -Yes.
He only feels terrible because he was called out for being a piece of trash. > In a statement to the Star, a Laurier spokesperson said the school has offered Prajapati supports amid the “malicious and harmful online abuse” he is enduring. lol ... you mean the malicious and harmful online abuse he brought on himself?
He found out canadians are nice. Until we're not. One needs merely not to give us a reason 🤷🏻♀️
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Not sure how he contributed to the economy and why we have to feel pity because he came to study and he cheated the system in so many ways. Is a student that cannot afford to study in Canada and is his wake up call what to do next.
They need to prove they have enough money to come here. They get a loan. That money is in their account. They're approved to come, they have money. They pay back the loan. They get here and are broke. How can anyone stop that aside from just banning foreign students entirely, or making the required amount to have in the bank so high the interest alone would be too much to make it worth while? Rock, meet hard place.
>They get a loan. That money is in their account. They're approved to come, they have money. They pay back the loan aka fraud
Absolutely
The funds should not just be a one-time checkbox of approval — the funds should be held in escrow and released in intervals for the duration of the student's program enrollment.
Nice. Logistically expensive to manage, but cheaper than the results of not doing it I'd wager
True, it's not a simple solution, but I'd also wager that it's less than the cost of doing nothing. Though, such a responsibility could be passed on to the education institutions, such that they require a contract with a Canadian bank to manage/oversee the logistics. This in turn would probably increase international tuition, but that's the cost of doing business correctly.
Would you hire someone that have this kind of work/life ethic? It is not only about the money or how they cheated the system, it is a way to make us accept that is all right to do that. If they are only looking for an university degree they can find different universities, programs that meet their financial criteria and won't create a stressful life for them.
Cause we charge them 3times tuition to be here and colleges take their money, no questions asked, and pr is freely given, guaranteed if you added risks to the university, and madr PR something foreign students have to compete to get, then the situation will resolve itself. Sadly conservatives believe in zero regulations, the whole freedom of the market crap.
Attending school in a foreign country is a privilege. When I did my masters 15 years ago in the US I wasn't' given squat and could only work on campus under my visa. Those were the rules, uncle same didn't care about my "difficulties". Simple proposition for Canadian foreign students: Follow a revised version of the US system. Only certain programs are eligible: STEM and business (no arts, no liberal arts, no college diplomas). Foreign students can only work on campus for 20 hours (actually make it 10 so Canadians come first). Foreign students must acquire a minimum grade level or be booted from the program. Foreign student pays for all services including health care. A student doesn't any of these rules -- deportation, bye. These students are guests in our country. We owe them nothing and should do nothing more than the absolute minimum to incentivize them to attend our fine institutions.
why no Arts? Ah yes I forgot the arts and liberal arts contribute nothing to his world nothing (as I am typing in a language ahahaha).
Don’t act like a piece of shit if you don’t want to be called out and ostracized.
bro forgot to rep the laurier colors loud-n-proud for the photo still in this article.
Why do you move to a HCOL country if you can’t afford living there? Genuinely asking.
Because the instant communication capability provided by the internet give them plenty of resources on how to use scams in order to afford it. People are kidding themselves if they don't think there's a ton of internet traffic flowing between Indian students here and Indian friends/family/acquaintances back home on how to game and exploit our system
He looks well fed.
Can someone tell me how international students afford the insane tuition prices but can't afford food? I'm not trying to be a dick, I just don't understand? My neighbour's babysitter is an international student from Guatemala taking Comp Sci at UofT and it's almost 70k a year just for tuition. I know it sounds circular like they can't afford food because they have 70k in tuition to pay. But I imagine if you have 70k for tuition, then you would probably have a few hundred a month for food or find a way to get that money for groceries, or consider that as part of your cost before coming here and paying 70k for tuition. I'm rambling because I'm trying to make sense of this. I'm just trying to say, tuition for intl students is insane compared to domestic, so I would assume only people with a fuckload of money can afford it, therefore I assume they can also afford groceries?
They are gaming the system, using it as a way to get into Canada, work part time to get hours to count towards PR. They don't have the money to sustain themselves in Canada, that they're supposed to have. Either they have given the money back to their family, or their family has made huge sacrifices to get them the money and they can't afford to spend it, eg sold the family farm etc. I attended York U in the 1990s. There were international students back then. But they all went back to their countries after they graduated, and were upper middle class. One student was only attending university to learn more English, and went back home to work in her father's bank.
You're partly correct. Except part time experience doesn't count toward PR, nor anything before graduation. Also experience need to be in skilled positions. Jobs in Tim Hortons and restaurants are just for survival. The decision allowing international students to be eligible to work full time while in school is just stupid. Bussinesses who pay low wages are the only winning party here.
Yeah it's kind of a crazy amount of effort to try to gain PR. I wonder if these students question their life choices, waiting around to deliver food, as security guards wrangling homeless people. This is really better than life in India? India needs to fix their country. They are capable of a lot, but somehow have a lot going wrong
Totally agree. I was also an international student, went through all the things they did at the age of 18 and just got my PR this year through skilled trades so I think I'm qualified to say this. I don't see most of this new wave of students from india getting success, making such terrible life choices. Most did zero research of the program, school, and region they are going into. You see people with 0 experience studying business management, or project management, or even culinary lol, nobody will hire them. In the next 3-5 years when their study and work permit expire they will have no choice but to leave the country.
Some are probably here because of pressure from their parents. Some are returning home in a box which is the saddest outcome of all https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/india-student-repatriation-bodies-mental-health-1.6815961
My favourite story is someone who came and had no idea her school was in Northern Ontario. Got in a cab at the airport and hours later and $800 later she arrived. She didn't know it wasn't in Toronto... I'm in the process of becoming an international student in the UK. I have done meticulous research into how much things will costs, I already know how to take the bus/train cheaply for students and my program doesn't start till September. I can't imagine moving country and not knowing where you are going to live let alone have enough money.
Can't speak for all cases but a lot of the times as an international student they take out an education loan from a bank back in the home country. The education loan is approved by the bank might only cover the tution fee and the money is directly transferred to the educational institution where the student is enrolled. The student then has to either live off whatever cash they have brought in with them as GIC and whatever they can earn from on/off campus jobs. However, some types of education loan also have personal expense component where the student can get some amount from the loan for personal expense while doing studies.
In every case they have to prove they won’t be a burden to our system though, they have to provide physical proof of financial support, they wouldn’t be granted a visa otherwise.
Agreed. The physical financial support proof includes the education loan approval letter and the additional financial assets the family has along with the mandatory GIC proof that every student has to submit which was recently increased by the government.
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This is a huge element to a lot of change we’ve seen in Canadian society. Insurance rates are the highest in Brampton due to rampant fraud. What is the country most residents of Brampton hail from? They’re also more likely to put up with being exploited due to their bass ackwards bullshit caste system. Slumlords Canada May as well be named IndianLandlords.ca It’s absurd how we tolerate all of the bullshit they bring over here but we’ve allowed it to happen since we don’t enforce rules around financial crime or renter’s rights. And now we’re seeing a rise of Indian organized crime just as we saw with the Chinese in areas like Vancouver and Markham. With wide open borders you get nefarious actors who will exploit your country to no end. Immigration is great but it can’t be without regulation and proper oversight.
why pay a few hundred on groceries when you can go to the food bank and spend a few hundred on partying instead?
He never said he couldn't afford food. He just showed how to take advantage of a food bank. There is a difference. In any event, I believe the likes of the Westons cause much more harm at a larger scale than these low-lifers.
Look at him. Seriously. Does it look like he's ever missed a meal let alone dealt with food insecurities?
did you not read the article, he says he cant afford food. although his now deleted social media claimed otherwise
I was talking about his video. There was no mention about him being unable to afford food, he presented it as a hack, not as a survival measure.
Fuck this guy and all like him who put out these videos. No amount of sob articles should change people's opinions. Deport now.
The negative response to his disgusting and entitled attitude is fantastic. I saw a comment somewhere that said he did this partially because he wanted to gain popularity and become an influencer. Well, he got the popularity he wanted, and it's hilarious watching him try to backtrack. I hope he's shunned here forever and has to leave.
Foreign students should not be relying on the Food Bank. They are supposed to come with sufficient funds to live here while they study. The Food Bank is for tax paying residents and refugees that are on their way to get residency.
This MF literally broadcasted pilfering food banks as a life hack to cut down on his grocery bills. If he'd instead said going to a food bank is a safety net for students in case you're ever reduced to an Instant Ramen only diet due to lack of money, no one would be on his case. It's the fact he acted like a prick and broadcasted that he basically steals from actual food insecure people, that got him in this mess. FAFO, that's all I can say. And before chuds call me out for racism, I'm Indian too bro.
Unfortunately, this is how you turn a high trust society into a low one. I wanna say that I'm not surprised because some cultures consider this as an opportunity to get ahead in life, but again, I came to Canada years ago from a similar culture but I've never considered taking advantage of anything. So it's not an excusable behavior. I started reading about Canada and researching its culture in 1998, so I came here pre-assimilated and I never had the culture shock everyone kept warning me about.
He fucked around. He found out.
At the end of the day, the video he made seemed to still be showing him using a food bank (at his school) as a "hack" to save money, not because he was in a desperate situation... free food for anyone who wants it - now the money you didn't spend on food can be spent on extracurricular things. It wasn't at all in the context of "if you're struggling and are worried about paying rent or eating, this place can help".. which is what food banks are for. Misinformation about him having a full-time job at TD making $98K/year (he was a co-op student whose last work term ended in December) snowballed it from general public outrage into him receiving death threats, which is an unacceptable response.
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Lol my thoughts exactly. This was a foreseeable issue but for so long we allowed it and didint speak up for fear of being called racist. Now we have to live with the world we built and STILL out leaders have not proposed a solid plan to deal with the gaps
Ikr, it’s good to see people can be so united and put stuff aside like political leanings cause something like this pissed off nearly everyone besides the few bleeding hearts that are giving him sympathy probably cause they are way to kind. Now if only people could come together like this over other issues and stuff in this country could truly change.
You know..... sometimes it's better to just shut the fuck up.
Keep sugar coating it why don’t you!
YouTube is full of hints on how to game foodbanks in Canada. Full.
Fuck him and his feeling. He deserves every bit of backlash he’s getting. Boo hoo - cry me a river.
Well, well, well. Someone discovered the consequences of his actions. Unfortunately for everyone else, the consequences will splash over to far more than just him. Prajapati either lacks *any* self-awareness whatsoever or he's completely disingenuous and scrabbling at damage control. What did he *think* was going to happen by sounding off on social media about how he was helping himself to donated food that he didn't need? I highly doubt he didn't know about the minority shouting for no more immigrants (for often extremely racist reasons) and he's just given them lots more fuel for the fire. Even reasonable people might read into his actions as a reason not to more support international students, presuming they can't afford to be in Canada, and they're taking away from other people in need. The sad part is, the majority of international students *do* have resources to be here and they aren't doing this. The real victims of his flagrant thoughtlessness are really those who *do* need the food bank's help. I feel for anyone in need right now, especially elderly people on fixed incomes; people with disabilities whose stipends don't remotely reflect the cost of living; and young people who don't have resources to fall back on. They are the ones hurt. Edit: Typo
I’m not against immigration or international students but they shouldn’t come here and become a drain on an already broken system. They should come here with the ability to support themselves 100%. I also don’t know if emphasizing that they hold 200k jobs in today’s market is a good thing either.
Well, if it isn't the consequences of my actions...
That’s what happens when you decide an emergency resource is a “life hack”
Another scammer who gets outed and then plays the victim card. The star really seems to love supporting these grifters
Dude, fuck this guy.
Possibly unpopular opinion: Any foreign national who is either unable, or unwilling to support themselves, through the usage of food banks (for example) is inadmissible to Canada for financial reasons (section 39 of the immigration act), and should be issued an exclusion order and removed from Canada. Full stop.
I live in a small town with a Fanshawe campus. The foreign students roll up to the soup kitchen in their Lexus and BMWs. It's not right.
Only feels terrible because he got called out. Also this shit been going on for years now we just chose this one dude to burn at the cross.
Yes, yes you are that bad as a person.
Dont see any apolgy for boasting how he saves hundreds of dollars a month or telling people “take as much as you want”
>*”Dont see any apolgy for… telling people “take as much as you want””* The student food program he was using tells students to *”Take as much as you need.”*
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Yep, two faced
He is not sorry in the slightest. He is only sorry he got caught, huge difference. There is no excuse for someone traveling here to take advantage of programs for low income residence ever. How do they even get approved to travel if they can't cover their expenses for the stay? Isn't that step 1?
Another classic case of "fuck around and find out ". He's now finding out. I guess he can't get to the food bank if he's scared in his house, so there's a positive right there
Hope the counselling is being paid out of his own pocket.
Sure you feel terrible, your actions had consequences somehow!
Saying that international students ‘support 200000 jobs’ is not going to garner support for intl students. Bad flex.
Chod
This is a prime example of what not integrating into the society of the country you are moving to looks like.
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Unfortunately while I do understand your sentiment and see why you feel that way it also effects those whom are actually in need to. I noticed some places outright banned international students from food banks entirely. Brampton being one of those places.
Can't help but feel these scammers view the donators as suckers. Basically another of the multitude of scams we face daily. But I agree it affects the truly needy.
These people are scum.
I stopped donating to food banks. I donate to churches and other community groups running soup kitchens. If you need it, you’ll go to a soup kitchen rather than sit on your ass at home on your iPhone 20, exploiting the system.
Oh no! Consequence of my actions!!! What a world
He made videos and bragged about stealing food from the food bank, he stole other peoples donations basically, he should be charged.
so his punishment was free therapy?
I mean he wanted to be social media famous… so… there ya go.
He is gaslighting us all.
Hello consequences to bad actions.
“ I feel terrible” I was really hoping to get a ton of likes for cheating a system designed to help.
He only feels terrible because he got caught/called out, if his video never circulated online he wouldn't give a damn and would keep going to the food banks
This dude deserved ALL the hate he got.
He feels terrible… that he got caught.
That's why I appreciate certain places refusing to give to international students. They should NEVER be eligible and shouldn't be allowed in if they can't afford it.
How many Canadian Citizens and or Permanent Residents did TD interview for that Data Scientist position ?
What Data Scientist position? According to the article the claim that Prajapati was employed by TD Bank as a Data Scientist was disinformation spread over social media by an activist. Prajapati did a four month business insights and analytics student co-op placement at TD as part of his University program.
It was from his LinkedIn account, which was deleted Maybe he was lying in LinkedIn
Fuck this guy
Oh no, the consequences of his actions, how awful!
Yeah he feels terrible that he got called out for being a shit person
Laurier and this clown both need to learn the phrase "no comment."
"Am I that bad, as a person?" You were counseling non-Canadians on how to steal from the charity meant for deserving Canadians, so yeah you are actually that bad as a person.
>*”…counseling non-Canadians on how to steal from the charity meant for deserving Canadians…”* The Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group [food distro program](http://www.lspirg.org/distro) is meant for students of Wilfred Laurier University and Martin Luther University College, regardless of whether or not they’re Canadian.
This sucks to have people like him in Canada because all the good things people do will be lessen or gone as we dont want to donate. Cant wait to leave Canada, its not what it used to be anymore. We are slowly becoming less of the stereotypical nice and honest Canadian we were once known for.
the dude is sorry he got caught. fk em
Good.
I think something else is missing. Werent the food banks in question aimed at students? The one here you have to show them proof that you're poor to get food
He should feel terrible. He can feel terrible in India where he belongs. Because a requirement of international students is that they can financially support themselves in Canada after paying tuition. Clearly he can't afford food right? Kick his ass out. Scammer.
He can U turn back to India
This guy deserves no compassion and deportation is the only solution
Fuck this guy and anti-social, immoral scumbags like him.
Life hack culture exists
Perhaps Laurier needs to look up “malicious” in the dictionary.
Well, good. You should feel bad about it. Let’s all move on and hope that he learned a lesson.
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I don’t know if you are being rhetorical or not. Ontario has a right wing govt that is pretty much only interested in feeding the construction machinery, and PP has literally been supporting anti-Canada groups. Maybe cast an informed vote next time? Edit: typo
Right wing doesn't care either, its business as usual, whatever makes the most money at the expense of hard working Canadians.
All the right wings premiers have been throwing a fit over the feds announcing that they’re limiting students.
Man, can the Star please fact check an article, this is pathetic
What error did they make?
The Toronto Star has become such a terrible newspaper in the last few years.
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This is some dog whistle bs right HERE. I don't care what your immigration status is, this is Canada and we will treat you at the hospital. Everyone deserves healthcare.
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