With Canada’s immigration policy, expect more of the same from Carney Liberals
Since 2015, year over year, the Liberal government increased the number of people they ushered into Canada. Through the decade the Liberals systematically implemented a make-over of Canada’s immigration system, and the early signals from PM Mark Carney suggest that he intends to proceed with the same immigration approach that was established by Justin Trudeau.
The Liberals’ approach to immigration is identified in two foundational documents originating in the early years of the Trudeau government. First, the federal Advisory Council on Economic Growth chaired by Dominic Barton recommended that there be a 50 per cent increase in annual “permanent resident” immigration levels so that within five years (by 2021) that number would reach 450,000. Dominic Barton and Mark Wiseman also co-authored a longer term strategy paper, The Century Initiative, that advised the government to increase the country’s population, by immigration, to 100…