Mark Carney asks "when do we resume some controlled increase in the population" on immigration

Prime Minister Mark Carney told the New York Times that Ottawa has reined in the immigration system and that the next question is when to start permitting higher intake again. The interview occurred slightly over a month before Ottawa must by law release a three-year plan setting immigration targets. After fast population growth under Justin Trudeau, Carney said in July the government had reasserted authority over the system; it has since cut permanent-resident targets and capped temporary workers and students, citing strains on housing, jobs and services. The plan sets 385,000 permanent-resident admissions this year and 370,000 in 2027 and 2028, and aims for temporary residents to make up five per cent of the population by the end of next year. Conservative critic Michelle Rempel Garner said levels should drop, while a C.D. Howe Institute council recommended further reductions.