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OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the vast majority of Canadians are worried about how the federal Liberal government's plan to dramatically increase immigration levels over the next few years will affect housing and government services.
The government and industry have described the new targets, which represent a significant increase over the 405,000 immigrants admitted last year, as critical for filling about a million job vacancies across the country and to offset Canada's aging workforce. Leger executive vice president Christian Bourque suggested that the poll results reflect the pressures many Canadians are feeling because of a lack of affordable housing and inflation rates driving up prices.
The government might need to do a better job explaining the benefits of immigration to average Canadians, Bourque suggested. "I was not surprised to see a left-right, cleavage on this issue, it's the same in the United States and the same in Europe," Bourque said."Slowly but surely, the issue of immigration levels is becoming political."
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