Canada plans to reduce its temporary residents and set a cap on temporary immigration for the first time ever, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Thursday, the latest government effort to address a housing shortage and stretched essential services.
OTTAWA, Canada - In recent years Canada has seen a sharp rise in international students, foreign workers and other temporary residents who come to the country on time-limited visas as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government relied on immigration to drive economic growth and plug labor gaps.But the Liberal government has also come under political pressure for its immigration policies, with critics arguing they have exacerbated a housing crunch.
Miller will convene a meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts in May to finalize the plan."We need to ensure the number of temporary residents entering the country is at a sustainable level," Miller told reporters in Ottawa."Starting this fall for the first time, we will expand the immigration levels plan to include both temporary resident arrivals and permanent resident arrivals," he said, referring to the federal government's immigration targets.
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