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Carney says Canada Has Failed New Immigrants
Under Justin Trudeau’s leadership, Canada has failed to live up to its immigration values in recent years by allowing more people into the country than it could absorb, Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney has told reporters.
Mark Carney, a special adviser to the Liberal Party of Canada, made the remarks during a Wednesday event at Cardus, a Christian think tank in Ottawa, Canada.
“I think what happened in the last few years is we didn’t live up to our values on immigration,” Mr. Carney said.
“We had many more foreign workers, students, and new Canadians than we could house, care for, socialize, and provide opportunities for. And, quite simply, we are failing Canadians and the folks we have admitted into Canada.”
The Trudeau government indicated earlier this fall that it would considerably reduce its immigration objective for permanent residents and temporary residents in Canada. These developments occurred following a rapid population increase and rising criticism of Trudeau’s immigration policies.
Statistics Canada just announced that on July 1, the population was 3% higher than a year ago. Between 1998 and 2018, annual population increase was less than 1.5%.
With the anticipated modifications to immigration targets, the Trudeau government expects Canada’s population to fall by 0.2% in 2025 and 2026 before returning to 0.8% growth in 2027. Numbers that are highly criticized by opponents of Trudeau’s failed immigration policies.
In a recent interview with the CBC, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his government did not strike the correct balance on immigration following the COVID-19 outbreak.
He said he elected to ease its regulations in response to demand from businesses facing a labor shortage. He claimed that the authorities “lost track” during the procedure.
Trudeau then blamed the provinces for underfunding higher education, which pushed institutions to turn to foreign students to make money.
Meanwhile, Immigration Minister Marc Miller expects nearly five million temporary residents with expiring visas to leave Canada next year. Miller commented during a House of Commons citizenship and immigration committee meeting on Monday.
Miller said that he expects these permit holders to leave “voluntarily” and that the feds will be working with the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) to “investigate and prosecute those who violate immigration law.”
The minister clarified that isn’t the only path forward for students with expiring study permits. Some students get renewals, while others can get post-graduate work permits, allowing them to stay in Canada longer.
“We do work with CBSA to monitor these things,” stated Miller.
He added that more international students are making asylum claims “with very little hope,” the federal government will propose amendments to the immigration and asylum systems in the next few weeks.
Miller’s comments come after Trudeau said his government would slash its immigration targets by at least 20% next year.
Source: The Canadian Press
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