WIECHNIK: The immigration gamble Canadians will face for generations

WIECHNIK: The immigration gamble Canadians will face for generations

Budget 2026 has unveiled the Liberal government’s new immigration numbers, and at some point, we’re going to have to stop pretending this is just business as usual.

Canada is now set to take 380,000 new permanent residents a year and 370,000 new temporary residents a year in its plans for 2027 to 2029.

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LILLEY: PM Mark Carney calls immigration sustainable but numbers say otherwise

LILLEY: PM Mark Carney calls immigration sustainable but numbers say otherwise

The day after Mark Carney’s budget promised a return to unsustainable immigration levels, Statistics Canada revealed a higher unemployment rate.

Canada’s national unemployment rate rose in October to 6.7%, and youth unemployment spiked to 13.7%.

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Thousands from Ukraine, Hong Kong in line to become permanent residents under new plan

Thousands from Ukraine, Hong Kong in line to become permanent residents under new plan

The federal government’s plan to allow 200,000 temporary residents to become permanent residents by the end of next year is targeted in part at clearing backlogs of people who fled unrest in Ukraine and Hong Kong, the prime minister said Friday.

“These are people who are not permanent in terms of the classification, but are effectively permanent residents, and we’re recognizing that,” said Prime Minister Mark Carney Carney at a press conference in Winnipeg.


Carney lies as usual.

Ottawa to grant up to 580,000 permanent residence in 2027

Ottawa could grant permanent residence to as many as 580,000 people in 2027, well about its 380,000 target, as a new one-time measure for up to 200,000 people already living in Canada is counted separately, officials said Friday.

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Carney to allow his corporate welfare pals to hire more foreign workers and further impoverish Canadians

Carney to allow his corporate welfare pals to hire more foreign workers and further impoverish Canadians

Ottawa is loosening rules for the Temporary Foreign Worker program, allowing select employers to hire more of those workers, and doubling the length of time they can work for the same employer.

The federal government announced major reforms of the program on Friday after hinting at them in Thursday’s budget. Business groups, such as the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, have lobbied the Liberal government in the past year to allow employers to staff more of their businesses with foreign workers, arguing that tightening of immigration rules in 2024 left them struggling to find workers.

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MACLEOD: Canadians asked for less immigration — Carney’s giving mass immigration

MACLEOD: Canadians asked for less immigration — Carney’s giving mass immigration

Within hours of the November 5 federal budget landing, a post by Jason James was circulating on X, claiming Canada “imported 36.5% of its population in the last 10 years” and calling it “an atomic bomb going off in every major city.”

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Conservatives accuse Carney of hiding record immigration numbers

Conservatives accuse Carney of hiding record immigration numbers

OTTAWA — Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner accused Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday of concealing plans that could allow as many as 654,000 people to obtain permanent residency in Canada next year, well above the government’s official target of 380,000.

In a statement released a day after the Liberals tabled their 2026 federal budget, Rempel Garner said the government’s immigration plan contains additional measures that could push admissions beyond the previous record of roughly 484,000 set in 2024.

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Canada to ramp up deportations of illegal immigrants … numbers expected to leap from 1 to 2

Canada to ramp up deportations of illegal immigrants … numbers expected to leap from 1 to 2

The federal government enacted changes to Canada’s asylum process on Tuesday that would speed up the deportation of illegal immigrants.

In a legal notice obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada noted that the number of asylum claimants awaiting a decision by the department ballooned in the last four years, going from 70,000 at the end of 2022 to nearly 300,000 at the end of 2025.

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Majority of Canadians want fewer immigrants in 2027: Nanos

Majority of Canadians want fewer immigrants in 2027: Nanos

A majority of Canadians want the country to accept fewer immigrants and temporary residents next year, according to a new Nanos Research survey commissioned by CTV News, as the country continues to grapple with immigration levels and their impact on housing, services and the economy.

The survey found that 52.3 per cent of respondents believe Canada should accept fewer immigrants and temporary residents in 2027, compared with 33.5 per cent who want the numbers to remain about the same.

Just 8.4 per cent said Canada should accept more, while 5.9 per cent were unsure.

Federal budget reveals Carney’s plan to transition 200,000 temporary immigrants to permanent residency

OTTAWA – Liberals are proposing to transition up to 200,000 temporary residents to permanent residency by the end of next year as the government ends its immigration level cuts.

On Thursday, the Liberals released their immigration levels plan for 2027 to 2029, days after the legally mandated Nov. 1 tabling date.

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Peter Menzies: Future Decisions on Canada’s Immigration Levels Will Be Critically Important

Peter Menzies: Future Decisions on Canada’s Immigration Levels Will Be Critically Important

When even recent immigrants think Canada has been absorbing too many immigrants, we learn at least two things.

One is that there’s a good chance Canada’s immigration levels—at least those unleashed during the years when Justin Trudeau was prime minister—have been beyond the country’s ability to absorb. By that I mean the capacity to employ newcomers, house them, educate their children—particularly if they don’t speak either of Canada’s official languages—and provide them with health care and other public services.

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LILLEY: Ottawa must say no to calls for higher immigration from the corporate welfare class

LILLEY: Ottawa must say no to calls for higher immigration from the corporate welfare class

Ahead of Thursday’s budget, when the Carney government will release new immigration targets, business groups are lobbying to open the system back up again.

The government should send a clear and unequivocal message: no.

Canada is a country built on immigration, but starting in 2021, we let the system get out of control. Despite Mark Carney claiming that his government has curbed the excesses, the numbers in all but one category remain well above historic norms.

h/t Patti Jo

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Ottawa admits 500,000 annual housing starts target out of reach as immigration fuels demand

Ottawa admits 500,000 annual housing starts target out of reach as immigration fuels demand

The federal government has acknowledged its goal of building 500,000 homes annually is unlikely to be achieved this decade, with internal documents pointing to immigration-driven population growth and declining construction activity as major obstacles.

Blacklock’s Reporter says a June 17 briefing note prepared for Housing Minister Gregor Robertson warns that housing construction is expected to fall over the next several years, leaving Canada well short of the levels the Liberals previously said were necessary to restore affordability.

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Canada’s new immigration rule is helping this Toronto woman. But insiders say others are resorting to fraud

Canada’s new immigration rule is helping this Toronto woman. But insiders say others are resorting to fraud

Priti Sangam advises multinational companies on how to restructure workforces and modernize operations. Her skills are in demand. Yet Canada, her home since 2024, has repeatedly passed her over for permanent residence.

In early October, the HR consultant from India faced another hurdle when she turned 30 and automatically lost five points under the age criteria of Canada’s competitive skilled immigration system, which ranks candidates based on attributes such as language proficiency, education and work experience.

Carney made it easy for his corporate pals to depress wages.

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Poll shows racialized Canadian to be more anti-immigration than white Canadians

Poll shows racialized Canadian to be more anti-immigration than white Canadians

A recent poll has shown that, as Canadians continue to express their dissatisfaction with the current immigration system, the demand for change is more pronounced among minorities than white Canadians.

The poll, conducted by the Environics Institute, surveyed over 2000 Canadians over the age of 18 between September 8 and 21 and was done in partnership with TMU’s Diversity Institute.


I suspect the views of White Canadians may be coloured by the fear of being called racists for wrongthink.

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SLOBODIAN: The true cost of Canada’s DEI obsession

SLOBODIAN: The true cost of Canada’s DEI obsession

Certain Canadians aren’t only forced to sit at the back of the employment bus.

They’re prohibited from even getting on the bus — yet are expected to pay fares for those with inferior qualifications and foreigners afforded handouts and preferential hiring consideration denied to Canadians.

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Carney’s ‘under control’ immigration still blowing out the numbers

Carney’s ‘under control’ immigration still blowing out the numbers

In a Tuesday social media post, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) provided a fact sheet on “the progress we’re making to restore immigration to sustainable levels.”

The number of foreign students entering the country is down 71 per cent. The number of foreign workers is down 57 per cent. Asylum claims are down 52 per cent.

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