Andrew Griffith 🇨🇦

We should absolutely seek to reach a population of 100 million people at a sustainable pace, because a larger Canada would give us a stronger internal market, the capacity to field a much larger military to protect our nation and contribute to alliances like NATO, and would help give Canadian values an even stronger position on the world stage. Read more here: spencerfernando.substack.com…

The substance of the backlog-clearing measures is welcome. Many practitioners have long urged the government to address precisely these inventories. The difficulty lies in the presentation. Canadians confidence in the immigration system has reached a low point after several years of rapid growth followed by abrupt restraint. The government appears intent on signaling control and restored predictability. IRCC social media posts continually trumpet reductions in intake. Yet the decision to foreground the 380,000 baseline while if not bearing, but recasting 200,000+ more PRs as a different line item arguably undercuts that objective. Political messaging is superseding transparency. When the official communication of immigration levels understates the total, public skepticism is a predictable result. Reflection on the 2027 Immigration Levels Plan: Substance Welcome, Presentation Opaque – Stewart Sharma Harsanyi

Could that be because the governing Libs don't know the actual numbers??? And If they do they sure as hell don't release them..

What the system needs now is transparency and predictability, not more opacity and uncertainty.

This is your usual reminder from your local immigrant (now naturalized!) that PR ≠ people entering Canada. I lived in Canada for *7 years* before getting my permanent residency. So 200k permanent residents/ year does not mean that Canada gets 200k new people on its territory

This coukd work if Canada also increases infrastructure, per-capita health care and education, and urban land footprint by 1.2 per cent by year (goodbye Greenbelt).

Then why not include it in the PR target? It's like having a budget and saying expenditures will be $500B... and then having an additional $150B which doesn't show up on the income statement because it's only a one-time thing and you promise you won't do it again.

Quote: Toronto economist Parisa Mahboubi said she understands why Ottawa is compelled to transition more temporary residents to permanent status, but it is misleading the public by excluding the 200,000 extra bodies from the headline count. It would also send the wrong signal to others planning to come to Canada that they would ultimately receive permanent residence as long as they make it to the country and hang on, she cautioned. “That’s the message the government is sending,” said Mahboubi, who chairs the immigration targets council of the C.D. Howe Institute, a Toronto-based think tank. “That’s not the right approach.” thestar.com/politics/federal…

The new king.