>There is a cost to such a heavy brain drain: governments spend billions subsidizing the cost of university education, while students who go on to work for foreign companies help fuel the economic growth of those countries
there's a pretty simple fix for that: have the government bill/charge you the subsidy when you're in university. it's not a student loan, and it doesn't appear on your credit report. you pay it back when you start working (every dollar you pay in taxes pays back $x that debt. you don't get charged intrest or are obligated to pay it as long as you stay in canada, but if you move to the US (or any other country), you start accumulating intrest and have to work out a payment plan.
there's a pretty simple fix for that: have the government bill/charge you the subsidy when you're in university. it's not a student loan, and it doesn't appear on your credit report. you pay it back when you start working (every dollar you pay in taxes pays back $x that debt. you don't get charged intrest or are obligated to pay it as long as you stay in canada, but if you move to the US (or any other country), you start accumulating intrest and have to work out a payment plan.