Deciding how to divvy up that far slimmer allocation of international students among Ontario's universities and colleges will be up to the provincial government. Ontario's dependence on revenue from international students first ramped up under Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne and has accelerated greatly under Ford. International students at Ontario colleges & universities. They are financially sustainable only because of international students, said the report. Foreign student enrolment tripled in 5 yearsOntario's colleges are even more acutely dependent on international students' tuition fees: