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> On immigration the government only made remarkable changes in the last two years, and as if they touched a hot stove, they already realized their mistake and have already scaled back immigration numbers so much that Canada will effectively have nil immigration for the near future.

From government of Canada[1]:

> reducing from 500,000 permanent residents to 395,000 in 2025

> reducing from 500,000 permanent residents to 380,000 in 2026

> setting a target of 365,000 permanent residents in 2027

I don't know how that's "nil". The reduced numbers are still about 1% of Canada's population per year. Compare that to the us which had ~2.5 million immigrants or 0.7% of its population in 2022[2]. And most American seem to think that this is already too much.

[1] https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/ne...

[2] https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/immigration/

There are a huge number of temporary residents in Canada, either as students, or on a post-graduation work permit, or as temporary foreign workers. By cutting back on these programs bringing in temporary residents, and also slashing the permanent resident intake, many of these temporary residents will need to leave. As such, the government is projecting a net decrease in population over the next two years.

ah yeah I see where I confused myself. From the links you posted, immigration still exists, but the numbers will be so low that population growth is nil. In fact the document asserts that Canada will see a decrease in population. Unless "marginal" population is some specific variant of phrase that means something beyond the ~41M population number?

> The 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan is expected to result in a marginal population decline of 0.2% in both 2025 and 2026, before returning to a population growth of 0.8% in 2027.

The more relevant thing beyond the permanent resident numbers is the temporary numbers which are also being severely cut. Often a PR is someone who has already been in the country for quite some time whereas a temporary resident would be a new immigrant.

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