Coupled with the news that Canada’s population of about 41.5 million people actually declined by 76,000 in three months, the largest quarterly drop since the 1940s, this showed that the moment of flux was over. The kaleidoscope pieces have settled, and the generational shift has become the new normal. The cuts to immigration would not only continue, but accelerate in the coming years. And more people than ever seem to approve, to view immigration broadly as a problem rather than a solution.