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Conservative Chief Pierre Poilievre says for the subsequent couple of years “we want extra individuals leaving than coming” into Canada.
On Monday, Poilievre was requested by International Information to make clear his June feedback calling for “extreme limits on inhabitants development.”
“To be able to repair the issue we’ve acquired to place very exhausting caps on immigration ranges. We’d like extra individuals leaving than coming for the subsequent couple of years,” mentioned Poilievre at a information convention in Ottawa. “So our nation can really catch up.”
Poilievre mentioned this transfer may assist housing, well being care and jobs “catch up,” however he didn’t elaborate on how he would guarantee extra individuals depart the nation.
“We’ve had inhabitants development of roughly 1,000,000 a yr beneath the Liberals whereas we barely constructed 200,000 houses. Our job market is stalled and but we’re including extra individuals to the workforce,” mentioned Poilievre.
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“Our younger persons are going through generational highs in unemployment as a result of the roles are, multinational companies are giving jobs to low wage momentary international staff.”
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A Canada Mortgage and Housing Company (CMHC) report from final month mentioned between 430,000 and 480,000 housing models are wanted yearly to revive housing affordability.
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Whereas the newest information from Statistics Canada reveals Canada’s unemployment price fell by 0.1 per cent to six.9 per cent final month, the youth unemployment price held regular at 14.2 per cent and remained properly above pre-pandemic ranges.
There was a big increase in immigration to Canada between 2021-2024. In line with Statistics Canada, practically 500,000 immigrants got here to Canada in 2021-2022, however that has barely decreased within the following years. This drop in immigration coincides with the Justin Trudeau authorities’s pivot on immigration the place they promised to cap the variety of momentary residents admitted into Canada.
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The Statistics Canada information additionally reveals emigration from Canada has been growing since 2020-2021, reaching 104,565 in 2023-2024.
— with information from Mackenzie Grey and Alex Boutilier
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