Prime Minister Mark Carney says with Canada’s immigration system back under control, the question now is about when to begin a “controlled increase” of the country’s population.
Carney made the remark in a recent interview with the New York Times, just over a month before the government is required by law to release its immigration levels plan for the next three years.
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The last three federal immigration plans focused on reducing the number of people coming to the country after a rapid post-pandemic population spike.
The government also started setting targets for annual temporary arrivals to reduce the number of short-term workers and students to five per cent of the population after they cracked seven per cent in October 2024.
The C.D. Howe Institute’s immigration targets council recommends the government continue to shrink the number of arrivals over the next three years.
That council includes several top academics who study immigration policy, a former deputy minister and former Alberta premier Jason Kenney.
So why is he telling Americans what his plans are? We pay 600 milllion in taxes a year for news and we have to subscribe to a foreign paper if we want to know what’s going on in our own country. All the current PM has done is undo some of the damage his predecessor spent over a decade inflicting on Canadians…
For a long time, there was a sense among some Canadians that anything important in this country belonged to America and that Canadians were somehow inferior to Americans. Yet people remained complacent. They rarely complained or expressed their uneasiness. Instead, they kept those feelings to themselves and played along with the “big brother, little brother” relationship between the United States and Canada.
Then 9/11 happened, and border rules changed. Many people felt the difference, but their concerns were overshadowed by security requirements, which were considered necessary for both countries.
Then COVID happened. There was a time when Canada struggled to obtain masks because we depended on American manufacturing, including 3M. When the U.S. government moved to restrict exports, saying its own people came first, Canadians were left scrambling for supplies, with many turning to homemade masks. That was when it became painfully obvious that Canada needed the capacity to manufacture basic necessities at home.
Then came Mr. Trump. Please remember who put him in power and whose support keeps him there. Canada was accused of taking advantage of the United States through free trade, and a trade war followed. Anyone who spends even a little time following the news and observing what is happening around them can recognize the pattern.
And what about Alberta’s separatist movement? Who is encouraging it, and why? These are questions worth asking.
America has changed, and nobody knows when—or whether—it will return to its old “big brother” role in its relationship with Canada.
So the question now is: What should Canada do? Where should we build our trading relationships?
Our current government is doing everything it can to secure the best possible outcome for our country, given the circumstances and the options available. If you cannot support those efforts, please stop the constant complaining and leave cheap politics out of it.
Be thankful that we have elected an educated person to lead the country. In my view, he is doing the job well, so let him do it.
Please step outside your fixed ways of thinking and, for once, put your country first.
The same mistakes from the same people again.
Enough is Enough.
We don’t want immigration again.
I am pretty sure this will now be viewed as an act of war against our population and the results will be predictable.
Liberals are committing genocide.
PLEASE , no more fuc-in ragheads, they have already ruined our country… mass deportation would be in order
No more people please.. you’re not taking care of your own smfh carney needs to go
yeh.. bring more immigrants.. and canada will not be for canadina,, all are hybrid.. many candinas are job less already .. make candins poor and slave to immigrants..
Too many already…..
People think they can come for school, then they do not go to school, then dissappear to commit crimes
If it’s based on the updated and further flawed immigration system, it’s better to just leave the borders open. Simply work on the cap, and then close the borders. While letting that happen, actively work with various departments to ensure there are integration pathways for workers-and it should be a priority work of the immigration department along with the numbers, work on mandatorily instituting DEI policies, work on legal protections against active forms of racism and hatred, work on spreading bilingualism at every levels, consider building houses and hospitals, etc.
The current immigration system is bad. Instead of a need based system, the current one is taking-in individuals with no actual workforce need, they are given PR based on whether an individual is replacing a Canadian who has a job or who is eligible for a job. Without changing that aspect, and giving away permanent residencies in bulk based on random scores that are not tied to any indicators is bad management. Moreover, for many professions, it’s impossible for professionals from other countries to integrate and work right away, there are no pathways in many professions, and the ones that had them are either removing or making it further impossible for foreign graduated professionals.
With rents skyrocketing and housing impossible to find at any price, why would he ever think this is a good idea?
No Carney, we don’t want anymore immigrants coming to this country. We got plenty already.
in honor of reconciliation day , Carney works on a partnership with The European Union to re creating colonization of treaty lands to the fullest existent ,and replace them with east Indians as first natives chiefs try to block the Democracy of Alberta separation..
Stay away from 3rd world immigration, go back to more traditional immigration, you know people who will integrate, People with in demand skills, who speak the language and are not criminals.
Gotta cut the developers losses somehow.
Yes let’s bring in more gangs from third world countries. We obviously don’t have enough criminals and we need to bolster the ranks of gangs that threaten that they have enough members to take over. Also let’s bring in people who are from places that we know hate us. Whatever happened to lawful vetted immigration that helped not destroyed our societies and our country.
This is crazy. Canada is submitting to Europe’s goal to make us a vassal state of the EU.
EVERY DAY THIS LONG HEAD DICKWITH EARS IS IN POWER THE MORE ERIVERSABLE DAMAGE IS DONE .AND HE HAS SUPPORTS .WOW!! BLIND LEADING THE BLIND OVER A CLIFF
THIS IS WHAT YOU CLOWNS ARE ELBOWS UP FOR???WHY???? GIVE YOUR SELF A SLAP.
This is the same cultural genocide that we’re all supposed to feel guilty about when applied to the FN’s …..Carney is the new Justin, same as the old Justin.
No no that was not in the deal. Decrease for 3 yrs then look at it again.
Immigration system (Govt. policies to IRCC) did a terrible job of vetting and then the permanent residency/citizenship were offered like candies. It s a bad policy if the government has to spend $10 for $1 contribution. There are quality people/workers in many countries who would love to migrate to Canada. But the Immigration eco-system needs to work harder to make appropriate policies and implement them effectively. Immigration should be based on what works for the country (like job creators) and not politics.
Interesting that you show the PM in question period when you he spends more time outside the country than in.
I would not do that if I respected human l8fe.
Hahahaha I don’t thing anyone actually read the article at all! You are all idiots lol
I am just here to say I would rather any smart immigrant then any of these dumb pos in these comments. You are all so ignorant it makes me sad.
God says to love thy neighbour, not just the white ones.
Do people read the article or just go on racist rants and blame liberals on stuff? Seriously, you all need to read a book or find Jesus or something
The racism in here is not shocking but disgusting.
The pit of human trash in this comment section.
Canadian socialism is an immigration Ponzi Scheme.
we can provide housing and health care to the people here why let in more immigrants ENOUGH ALREADY
Canada can’t do anything right
Zero ability to think beyond the current day. Federal policies need to be aligned from Healthcare spending to infrastructure to thinking about the jobs of the future including less jobs due to AI.
Anon GO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST AND GO SWALLOW FROM PUNJAB GIZZ
@Anonymous 1124 pm. “Ben you are a goof. You have very little IQ.” We can tell you have superior intelligence with that arguement.
@Ben you are a goof, no wonder Canada is going right down the toilet because your kind. no brain ,nothing, why do you even come here to type its just dumb stuff you have very little IQ
Why? Did some Boomers lose 5% in the value of their overinflated homes? Better open the flood gates again in order to push the price of everything up and cook the GDP numbers.
Jesus no, for god sakes let us have a chance!!
Our economy is hot garbage, there’s not enough homes and support but Brookfield needs residence when they take over all the condos that filed for bankruptcy.
Vote liberal and watch the country implode
Universalcitizen you pos !!!!you need to be deported to India and go sux some curry c***
Alberta needs to separate ,this government already made Canada into a third world s*** hole
@Ben
Right, they bring so much to our economy driving Ubers and working fast food.
WHY ??? SHOULD BE DECREASING VERY YEAR , SO WE DON’T LOSE OURSELVES
Need more indians, not like we don’t have enough. Like 5 million too many. The goal is to bring in a total of 60 million. Only 55 million more criminals, truck drivers and Tim Horton workers to go. India is sending us all their criminals so they don’t have to deal with them.
Bring in ONLY the professionals we actually need, like doctors (must be fluent in at least one of the official languages!), nurses, or engineers and SKILLED trades.
No more of the uneducated, unskilled riffraff that promptly turns into drug dealers or pimps.
And a minimum one year of them self supporting before being eligible for our social systems or pensions.
Did effin Carney not learn anything from the crisis we’re already in? Obviously not.
We can’t and shouldn’t bring in more people until every Canadian citizen is not dying in ER waiting for a doctor. Or lining up at the Food Bank!!!
All you cretins who voted Liberal, you’re the problem for this country.
Mr. Universalcitizen… you have missed the mark completely, but because you’re not from here, you won’t understand as immigration today brings nothing but entitlement and ignorance.
For all the idiots hating immigration, there is a reason why western governments prefer immigration. Its the amount of money they bring in and tax they pay. Ppl here dont even know the difference between immigrants vs refugees so no point in arguing
“Canada’s immigration system back under control” Oh no, Pinocchio!
More immigration means more hate crimes from both sides…
Going to be an eventful couple of years, If it wasn’t my home I would be eager to watch this blow up in the liberals faces. But unfortunately ill probably be beheaded in the street by some 20iq barbarian before I get to see it all unfold.
So everyone wants immigration to decrease. Why is Carney fighting the people of Canada, and the experts? Just what Justin did… ignore us to promote the Liberal agenda.
Universalcitizen: You do have it wrong. They are lining up to take jobs (that we would pay income tax on) They explode the demand for housing and thus increase rents and housing costs. One of the referendum questions Smith is asking “should there be a waiting period before immigrants get welfare, free education, free health care?” The UK has a 3 year waiting period. Retired immigrants (family sponsored) presently get OAS and GIS here in Canada… from the moment they arrive.
Easy scape goats, immigrants. We are invited to pay tax over tax, bring in money, popup real estate. But at the end, recieve all the hate from the idiots. Good job Canada
Left out in this is the “why?”. 57 year record was broken in 2024 when over 106,000 Canadians officially emigrated and left our country. That was before tariffs, and thanks to the Lost Liberal Decade.
In 2025 over 120,000 left.
The government can increase immigration levels once:
– the economy can provide jobs for all new arrivals, schools have spaces, every Canadian has a family doctor, and there is enough capacity in our medical system to properly care for new immigrants
– Canadian taxpayers don’t have to foot to bill the house them in hotels
– rules are established regarding access to social services and safety nets which respect Canadian taxpayers
– the migrant crisis is resolved and our porous boarder has been sealed
– Canada forces the US to abide by the safe third country agreement
– Canada figures out how to properly vet new arrivals
– Canada clears the backlog of expulsions for non-eligible immigrants
The federal government clearly has some work to do. Canadians are sick of our governments ignoring our concerns while rolling out the welcome mat for foreigners who seek to take advantage of services for citizens paid for by our taxes.
GDP numbers are down, got to increase immigration to blow more smoke to make people believe you are doing a good job
liberals and conservatives are two sides of the same corporate&foreign interest-serving coin. Things have changed, and we can do away with these lot (in time) and remember their ilk for the soulless gdp worshipping ghouls they are. vote them out, and vote in the people that will hold them accountable for the crimes they’ve committed against everyday working people.
@ben, if you are only 23 like you say, you are a snot nosed punk, you know absolutely nothing, just saying
We haven’t recovered enough yet to consider this, housing is unaffordable, unemployment still exists, homelessness is rampant, health care is atrocious, our systems are stressed and in disrepair, we don’t need more people until we have addressed core needs of those who are here.
Immigration increase only if we don’t pay half their income! And by the way this was not voted for.
Here we go again .bring them in and we support them while they take our work..don’t know why you all voted for this.
Come on Canadians you all know and see how much harm the mass immigration has already done. There isn’t one person that cares for Canadians that believes this is needed. He’s litterally ruining all our lives.
Best and Ben, I’m sure you two know each other well, like the smell and taste of each others anus
So the current and future job losses are not enough, A six year old can do better math than Carney!!!
Give me a Effen Break!!!!
Cool. Then there will be an increase in serious hate trouble as our country is being gobbled up by immigrants and these f8cking Liberals. Time for a serious riot just to bloody well HEARD! F*CK YOU CARNEY!!
Stop bringing people in from third world countries with nothing to contribute clogging up our hospitals and abusing our social welfare programs.
I appreciate under control words in Carney comment.
However why is there no transparency re undocumented -illegal immigrants?
I have read several articles on people system has not accepted them to a path to become a Canadian.
Last number I read was 600,000.Impact on social systems?
NO!!!!!
No more! It’s been out of control for too long!
Of course the LPC doesnt care about the wishes of Canadians or the fact our infrastructure cant sustain it
Carney gets to look good for his European friends
Replacement isn’t a conspiracy theory. I support the continues erosion of Canada voters opinions about how government should operate. Our oligarchical masters shall dominate us from the top, while the faithful of “submission” weaken our values and national identity!
@David Best. Respectfully, so we should stop recruiting tradespeople, doctors, nurses and other skilled workers? These people are immigrants, and we need more of them to grow our economy and pay for our social safety net.
Note that treating everyone who disagrees with you as an enemy is odd. You mention I’m “a danger to the west.” The personal attacks some people make here are toxic, just because they don’t like someone’s opinion. It’s just uncivilized, but hey what do I know? I’m only 23, and love the comments that I’m communist, socialist, or a danger to the west. Then there are those telling me to shut up because they disagree. Hopefully I won’t become toxic as I grow older.
When did you have it under control? I missed that when statscan changed their numbers this week to prove you wrong
They are not to be trusted. There are still people coming under different guides. We need to stop immigration completely except for verified skilled works and temporary farm workers during growing seaon
Please no !!!! LOOK AFTER CANADIANS 1st
We have taken in enough !!!
Grrrrrrr!!!! No more immigration, there isn’t enough housing or jobs now.
What a pos.
Immigration needs to stop now
If we are going to succeed we need to increase immigration. It just needs to be done properly.
So are you going to let unsettled Muslims in like Trudeau did?
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@Ben
People like you are why passions for politics are so high these days. Normal people see/hear the garbage backwards takes you take and it makes them feel the need to take a stand for common sense.
YOU are the danger to the west
Qualified, skilled immigrants, yes. Please no longer include “students”.Our kids still can’t find decent work anywhere. We shouldn’t rely on immigrants who will use the food bank!
” a “controlled increase” of the country’s population.”
Please, only needed people like medical and qualified trades people.
We don’t need any more people who can’t provide services we need. Plus all TEMPORARY foreign workers should be just that. Here for a specified time and then returned to their home land. Plus we have so many medical people who can’t work in healthcare because they can’t get approved soon enough.
The idea that Ben, and other retards, have such a weak understanding of maths and sciences and economics, is why I no longer support liberals.
You can not use immigrants that require additional social services to cover the cost of ever expanding socialism.
We need to blacklist commies and starve them out of society.
Well, employers will find themselves short on employees if they hire foreigners and TFW.
They will like lack any need of having employees at all.
End the Canadian worker genocide and stop supporting Liberals.
Great news. We need immigrants to pay for social programs, grow our economy, etc. because our birth rate is declining. Note this has nothing to do with the EU as some conspiracy theorists claim.
Not enough housing and jobs as it is but lets bare the burden of supporting more immigrants! Maybe if Canadians could afford to have children again …
Very cool, more imported votes for the liberal party.
Hopefully these immigrants can take the time away from their child brides to get to the polls!
Annnnd the other shoe drops…
We all knew that our “European “membership” would come with a cost, and quite predictably that cost is going to come in the form of immigration. All of the EU is struggling with violent deviants and they have nowhere to house them, until Carney the SAVIOR swoops in and sells out Canadians for a personal profit.
20,000 military aged foreign men coming to a quiet suburbs near you!