Politics
Faced With Crisis, Trudeau Forced to Shift on Immigration
- Falling migration could be one more blow to Canada’s economy
- Fastest population growth in G7 had fuelled housing market
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In the early days of Canada’s response to the coronavirus, before the crisis captured the full attention of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, it was still business as usual on at least one front: immigration.
On March 12, the day before the Canadian parliament was suspended on concern about the spread of Covid-19, Trudeau’s immigration minister, Marco Mendicino, unveiled plans to hike immigration levels over the next three years. He cited a growing labor shortage.