Canadian university overseas student tuition fees as medieval “Indulgences”

 

Before the Reformation – most notably before Martin Luther – the medieval Catholic church came to accept gifts of money, or Indulgences, from peasants and religious men in return for salvation, also known as blessedness in Heaven.  The above engraving illustrates such activities by the Pope while holding an audience.

What, may I ask, is the difference between the above scenario and our present-day universities known to be so highly dependent on revenue from exorbitant external student fees?  Just like the medieval Church, Canada's universities today see themselves as offering the lucky a path to Permanent Resident status here, in other words, a route to heaven.