Feds on track with immigration cuts, but policy’s long-term impacts remain unknown, say observers


A PBO report shows that the government is following plans to slow population growth after a recent surge in temporary workers and foreign students, but critics say future effects are not measured, and the fate of many temporary residents remain uncertain.

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NDP MP Jenny Kwan says the government’s immigration cuts have had a serious effect on temporary migrants and critical Canadian sectors.

The federal government’s immigration levels plan might be working successfully according to a recent analysis, but its long-term impact remains unknown, say an opposition MP and observers.

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Irem Koca is a Turkish-Canadian journalist who joined The Hill Times in late 2023. She got her start in Canadian media in the Toronto Star‘s Ottawa bureau, covering federal politics and national stories under the paper’s year-long fellowship. With a background in broadcast journalism, she spent several years as a world news reporter at CNN Turkey. Her freelance work on Turkish politics has been featured in The New York Times and Reuters. She is fluent in English and Turkish. See all stories BY IREM KOCA



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