Ottawa, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, and the Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner, Shadow Minister for Immigration, released the following statement on Carney’s disastrous Q2 immigration numbers:
“A Canada First immigration and refugee system should only invite the right people in the right numbers so our jobs, healthcare and housing can catch up. Instead, the Liberals’ radical open-borders policies broke Canada’s immigration system and made all these problems worse, which isn’t fair to anyone.
“Mark Carney promised to fix it, but these results show he’s worse. He supports the same out-of-control Liberal immigration policies that delivered a triple-header crisis in housing, health care, and youth unemployment.
“These breaking numbers blow through the government’s own targets midway through the year, with some on course to be the highest on record:
- Temporary Foreign Workers: Promised Cap 82,000; Issued 105,000 so far
- International Mobility Program: Promised Cap 285,000; Admitted 302,000 in first six months
“Moreover, their so-called caps on permanent residents were already among the highest in our history, yet they’re on track to exceed their own reckless targets, welcoming the equivalent of twice the population of Guelph and four times the population of Abbotsford.
“While Canada faces the lowest youth employment since 1998, the Liberals are on track to issue the most temporary foreign worker visas in a single year.
“Meanwhile, our asylum system is facing collapse, with a 2,920% increase in the backlog since 2015. Wait times for hearings have already been stretched beyond four years. These new numbers mean more delays, turning Canada’s asylum process into a waiting-room of broken promises.
“Only Conservatives will propose plans this fall for an immigration system that fixes what the Liberals broke.”