Trudeau’s Plan to Ramp Up Immigration Falls Flat With Canadians
- Poll shows less than one in five support increased targets
- Conservatives flag feasibility concerns with open-door policy
Justin Trudeau listens during an Ottawa news conference on Nov. 6.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may struggle to sell his ambitious new immigration plan to Canadians, a new survey shows.
Only 17% of respondents say the country should accept more immigrants in 2021 than it did last year, according to a Nanos Research Group poll conducted for Bloomberg News. That suggests most Canadians are less than enthusiastic about aggressive new targets announced last week.