At a recent skilled trades announcement in Ottawa, Pierre Poilievre was asked about Mark Carney’s decision to add Century Initiative co-founder Mark Wiseman to his list of advisors on Canada-U.S. relations. Poilievre responded by condemning what he described as the “radical, globalist ideology of uncontrolled population growth” driven by “corporate elites” to suppress wages. He […]
The federal government has caved to rising support for immigration restriction by placing caps and restrictions on the foreign worker and international student streams, as well as slashing annual permanent resident admissions by 21%. Despite these measures, a majority of Canadians of nearly every demographic continue to feel that immigration is too high. A new
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Editor’s note: This rule change applies to degrees granted from colleges. For diplomas and certificates, the “field of study” rule is still in place – for now. Last fall, the federal government imposed “field of study” requirements on international student post-graduate work permits (PGWPs) as part of its overall crackdown on temporary resident numbers. While
Sometimes I write about the big picture when it comes to Canada’s disastrous mass immigration policy: our national population growing by nearly 1.3 million in 2023, 50,000 international students who never showed up to class, a 49% increase in asylum claimants from 2017-2023. At other times, it helps to zero in on how mass immigration
Over the past few years, the drawbacks of Canada’s mass immigration policy have become widely acknowledged by the public, mainstream media columnists, and even many politicians. The consequences of sky-high, immigration-driven population growth have become impossible to ignore: a housing crisis, crowded schools, congested roads, strained social services, an overloaded job market, food banks running
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Population Institute Canada’s website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on February 27th, 2025. It is republished on Dominion Review with permission of the author. Mystery migrants In the spring of 2024, a friend called to tell me about a meeting he had with his City of Ottawa councillor. She had told him that,
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In an exclusive interview with Juno News released today, Poilievre explained that he supports a permanent resident cap of 200,000-250,000: “It would be a lot more like the Harper numbers that were basically the same for 40 years before Trudeau took office — we were bringing in about 200,000 to 250,000 a year”. This statement
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At a February 11th campaign event focused on her party’s plan to make life more affordable for youth, Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie pledged to cap international student enrolment at a maximum of 10% per college or university. British Columbia should emulate this approach. In explaining her reasoning for this policy, Crombie cut to the
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Population estimates released by Statistics Canada on January 16th reveal that British Columbia’s population is growing at an astronomical rate. An analysis by CBC broke down the raw figures provided by Stats Can, and generated rates of growth from 2021-2024 for municipalities with over 90,000 residents: As I have written before, B.C.’s population growth is
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Yesterday, Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released an impact assessment of the 2025-2027 Immigration Level Plan, which slashes permanent residency admissions by 21% and imposes caps on international students and foreign workers. A dire Global News headline summarized the findings: “Ottawa’s immigration cuts will chop 1.7% off GDP in 3 years: PBO”. That’s not the
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