Canadian PM Trudeau Announces Reduction in Immigration Targets for Next Two Years

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to significantly reduce the number of immigrants coming to Canada for the next two years.
This temporary measure aims to pause population growth, allowing the economy to catch up and ensuring the system works effectively for all Canadians

Trudeau shared a post on X and wrote, "We're going to significantly reduce the number of immigrants coming to Canada for the next two years. This is temporary to pause our population growth and let our economy catch up. We have to get the system working right for all Canadians."
This plan was announced during a news conference on Parliament Hill, where Trudeau was joined by Immigration Minister Marc Miller and Miller's parliamentary secretary Paul Chiang.
"The new plan will reduce the number of permanent residents arriving in Canada from 500,000 to 395,000 in 2025 and 500,000 to 380,000 in 2026. The government has set a target of 365,000 permanent residents for 2027," according to the Canada-based media channel, Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC).

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marc Miller, also shared a post on X about the immigration cuts and wrote, "Today, we announced the 2025-2027 Immigration Levels plan. Immigration is essential to our country's economic success and growth. In response to the evolving needs of our country, this plan will pause population growth in the short term to achieve well-managed, sustainable growth."