Ottawa has frozen its targets for the number of permanent residents it will welcome to Canada, saying it plans to leave the number admitted to Canada in 2026 at 500,000.
It has also stuck with its target of 485,000 permanent residents for 2024 and said it plans to take action over the next year to recalibrate the number of temporary resident admissions to ensure the amount is sustainable.
The decision not to further increase numbers follows a sharp drop in public support for immigration over the past year, according to recent polling, as Canadians increasingly associate affordability and housing concerns with an influx of newcomers.
This is garbage. Nothing will improve.
