Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently warned that the flow of temporary immigrants into Canada needs to be “controlled.”
The Liberal prime minister, an ardent supporter of immigration, said the pace of temporary migrants crossing the border was far faster than the country could handle.
“The growth in numbers, whether it’s temporary foreign workers or especially international students, is far greater than what Canada can absorb,” Prime Minister Trudeau warned on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party voted in favor of the motion, which was passed by Canada’s Parliament. (Andrei Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said temporary immigrants now make up 7.5 per cent of the population, up from 2 per cent in 2017, adding that number needs to be “bred back under control.”
“We want to reduce this number,” he said. “This is a responsible approach to immigration, one that continues as before for permanent residents, but also puts a little more restraint on temporary immigration, which is causing so much pressure on communities. .”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kiev, Ukraine, June 10, 2023. (Maksim Marcenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Trudeau’s shift in tone comes after he has relied on immigration to boost economic growth and reduce labor inequality, Reuters previously reported.
The influx of immigrants to Canada since the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a dire crisis in some regions, increasing rent prices and straining the health care system.
“One of the reasons we ended up here in the first place is that the[state and federal]governments didn’t want to touch on this issue for fear of being seen as xenophobic,” said Place Center founding director. says Mike Moffat. told Reuters During February.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference at Parliament House on March 6, 2023 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press, via AP)
According to the paper, Canadians supported immigration at historically high levels in 2020, before falling to a 30-year low late last year.
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Trudeau’s current shift in public opinion on immigration also comes as his challenger, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poièvre, has a significant lead in many national opinion polls.
