Me neither but that’s not what’s happening. The petition is not the basis for the action. The basis for the petition is the basis for the action, and the petition is a tool to demonstrate public support for the action.

I won’t be signing it, though. This will help no one and I’d rather spend our political capital on things that do.

Conservatism used to be about fiscal responsibility and political stability

And at which point in time was this not a euphemism for cutting social services and resisting social reforms? Only the most radical segment of the left is revolutionary, most of progressive politics always has been incrementalist social democracy inside the frames of modern capitalism. Conservatism has always been about resisting whatever that other force for progress is pushing.

It is the fault of their home countries that their schools don’t meet that standard.

We cannot and should never compromise high standards of education.

These two things are generally unrelated. Higher education institutions around the world don’t have many incentives to get these accreditation stamps in the first place, and it’s mostly bureaucracy, nothing to do with the actual standards of these institutions. My engineering degree was much, MUCH harder to get than it it would have been in Canada. The bar to graduate at my uni is way higher than the average university here - but in the end it’s a pile of paperwork that no one cares to make it easier.

A friend of mine is finishing his 3 year journey towards his P Eng and it’s insane to think that the quality of his education has anything to do with this, it’s one of the best engineering schools of the continent.