Pop Montreal founder describes the beautiful diversity out-of-province students bring to Quebec

Pop Montreal music festival founder Dan Seligman credits his career to one simple decision he made as a young person: moving to Montreal from Toronto in 1996 to study at McGill University as an out-of-province student.

Pop Montreal music festival founder Dan Seligman credits his career to one simple decision he made as a young person: moving to Montreal from Toronto in 1996 to study at McGill University as an out-of-province student.

After his studies, he says he "accidentally" started working in the Montreal music industry, decided to stay and eventually founded the annual music festival.

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"I got lucky, but it was a lot to do with wanting to stay in Montreal and live here and figure this out," he tells CTV News.

Seligman says he worries that others won't be able to have the same life-changing experience he did.

New tuition hikes imposed by the Quebec government promise to raise fees by 30 per cent from $9,000 to a minimum of $12,000 per year for out-of-province students.

International students would now have to pay a base rate of $20,000, with the government collecting $3,000 in fees.