Ottawa:
Canada will sharply decrease the variety of immigrants it permits into the nation for the primary time in years, in a dramatic coverage change for an unpopular authorities attempting to hold on to energy.
Canada will usher in 395,000 new everlasting residents in 2025, 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027, down from 485,000 in 2024, in line with a authorities supply.
The variety of non permanent residents, in the meantime, will lower by about 30,000 to round 300,000 in 2025, the supply stated.
The brand new targets have been first reported by The Nationwide Submit.
Canada has lengthy prided itself on welcoming newcomers, however over the previous yr the rhetoric round immigrants has soured.
Migrants have been blamed for every little thing from a housing disaster to a rising price of dwelling and a strained healthcare system.
The problem has turn into probably the most contentious in Canadian politics with a federal election due no later than October, 2025. Polls present a rising share of the inhabitants thinks Canada has too many immigrants.
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