The federal government needs to cut back momentary residents to five% of the entire inhabitants.
Ottawa:
Canada plans to cut back its momentary residents and set a cap on momentary immigration for the primary time ever, Immigration Minister Marc Miller stated on Thursday, the most recent authorities effort to handle a housing scarcity and stretched important providers.
Lately Canada has seen a pointy rise in worldwide college students, overseas staff and different momentary residents who come to the nation on time-limited visas as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s authorities relied on immigration to drive financial progress and plug labor gaps.
However the Liberal authorities has additionally come beneath political stress for its immigration insurance policies, with critics arguing they’ve exacerbated a housing crunch. Some providers offered by the provinces, akin to schooling and healthcare, are additionally struggling to maintain up with inhabitants progress.
The federal government needs to cut back momentary residents to five% of the entire inhabitants over the following three years from 6.5% in 2023, Miller stated. That may be a minimize of about 20% from Canada’s 2.5 million momentary residents in 2023.
Miller will convene a gathering along with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Might to finalize the plan.
“We have to make sure the variety of momentary residents coming into the nation is at a sustainable degree,” Miller instructed reporters in Ottawa.
“Beginning this fall for the primary time, we are going to develop the immigration ranges plan to incorporate each momentary resident arrivals and everlasting resident arrivals,” he stated, referring to the federal authorities’s immigration targets.
In November, the Trudeau authorities stated it might cease ramping up immigration for everlasting residents from 2026 onwards.
In January, Canada introduced a two-year cap on the consumption of overseas college students and stated it might cease giving work permits to some college students after commencement because it seeks to rein in document numbers of newcomers.
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