The increased fees for international students was announced as part of an overhaul that will see B.C. permanent residents stop paying for Medical Service Plan premiums as of Jan. 1, 2020
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, seen here during a press conference at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on May 27, 2019, said the 'updated payment method for international students continues' the commitment to provide them with provincial health coverage 'while asking them to contribute a reasonable amount to help cover those costs.
“For almost 30 years, B.C. has provided international students with provincial health coverage, while asking them to contribute a reasonable amount to help cover those costs. This updated payment method for international students continues that commitment,” Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, said at the time of the announcement.
But the fee hike has nevertheless raised concerns about affordability for international students, who already pay as much as five times the tuition fees charged to domestic students and who have experienced steep increases in costs over the past three decades. The organization points out that although international undergraduate students only account for about a fifth of B.C.’s university enrolment, they contribute nearly half of the undergraduate tuition revenue in the province.Between 2014 and 2019, provincial government funding to UBC increased by 12 per cent, growing to $657-million from $586-million at an average annual pace of 1.6 per cent.
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