Canadians want the federal government to implement even deeper cuts to immigration, beyond the 20 percent reduction implemented this year, in-house research from the immigration department suggests.
“Over half of surveyed Canadians, 54 percent, say they feel there are too many immigrants coming into Canada,” said a department report, which was drawn from a poll of 2,500 Canadians.
While the federal government plans to reduce the number of permanent residents from 500,000 to 395,000 in 2025, the majority of respondents to the survey, 52 percent, said that number was still too high, according to the report, which was first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
Forty percent of respondents said “housing concerns” was their primary reason for saying immigration numbers remain too high. Another 25 percent cited “jobs and the economy,” 22 percent said “competition for social supports,” 11 percent said “pressure on healthcare,” and 9 percent cited “concerns about culture.”…