Immigration Minister Marc Miller stated that there will be no limit on the number of international students entering Canada, but reserves the right to impose one in the future.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller told Global News in an interview that the federal government was not going to cap the number of international students coming into Canada . However, he said they reserve the right to do so in the future. Uday Rana reports.The survey suggests that 44 per cent of Canadians agree with the statement that “overall, there’s too much immigration to Canada ” compared to 51 per cent that disagree.
With regard to political preference, 64 per cent of Conservative respondents agreed there is too much immigration, compared to 29 per cent for Liberals and 24 per cent among NDP respondents. “So, housing in this research clearly is among the most top-of-mind important issues, much more than a year ago, even though many of these housing circumstances were the same. It’s now much more of a top-of-mind issue.”Earlier in October, Ipsos polling suggested that two-thirds of Canadians who do not own a home say they are giving up on the dream, and found 71 per cent of respondents live in communities where they say a housing crisis exists.
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