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Figure 19
Public Suspicion about the Fairness of the IELTS testSource: IDP Education (2017b, p. 27)Countless allegations of predatory, unconscionable IELTS examiner fraud and profiteering have
been targeted at Canada’s duopoly (i.e. virtual monopoly) market (e.g. Canadavisa.com, 2015).
The Canadian Government deceitfully markets permanent residency for onshore graduates as a
false ‘carrot’ to international students to entice maximum enrolments. The Canadian
Government blatantly uses IELTS examiner fraud as a covert proxy to expel most international
students from their country after they graduate and are no longer profitable to exploit.
1.12 Prior research
There is an absence of in-depth contemporary research that provides an independent,
comprehensive and constructive assessment of the business practices of the IELTS consortium
and its examination content. The IELTS Research Report series does not provide an independent
assessment of the pedagogical design of the IELTS exam and the business practices of the IELTS
consortium.