Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is accusing the federal government of masking the actual number of people it plans to grant permanent residency to.
Speaking to reporters in Brampton, Ont., on Nov. 6, Poilievre alleged that Prime Minister Mark Carney had “cooked the immigration books” and concealed the government’s immigration plans in the 2026 budget released on Nov. 5.
Poilievre said that while the government had announced plans to stabilize permanent resident admissions at 380,000 annually, it also intended to fast-track permanent residency for another 200,000 temporary residents already living in Canada by the end of 2027.
The Tory leader said that the additional admissions would bring the total number of new permanent residents to 650,000, “by far a record and much bigger than any of the years” under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau….