Douglas Todd: Confidential government polling showed support for lower migration targets. But actual numbers are slippery for both permanent and temporary residents.
The federal Liberals have been getting some good news from public opinion polls by emphasizing, for the first time in five decades, cutting migration targets.
The government’s public relations effort was revealed in confidential emails obtained through a freedom of information request from Ottawa’s Privy Council Office, the powerful arm that advises the prime minister.
The emails state the findings of a series of telephone surveys conducted by the Privy Council Office late last year are “not publicly available — do not share outside government.”
