Trudeau Targets More Immigration Even With Borders All But Shut
- Canadian minister set to release new three-year plan soon
- Numbers are way down from last year due to border closures
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The Canadian government is sticking to its ambitious plans for bringing newcomers into the country, even as its borders remain essentially closed.
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is leaning against scaling back the government’s immigration targets for the coming years, according to two people familiar with the matter. That includes bringing in 351,000 new permanent residents in 2021 -- the most in a century. The government will update its three-year projections within the next month.