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Immigration board asks feds to better track temporary residents
Mahboubi says Canada lacks clear data on expired visas and permits as study and work permit arrivals fell sharply this year.
- Canada needs to generate better tracking data for temporary residents, the head of an immigration expert panel said on Sunday as the country works to reduce their total population.
- Two years ago, the government began cutting temporary resident numbers to address housing shortages and overburdened social services after the population peaked at over seven per cent in October 2024.
- Parisa Mahboubi, chair of the Howe Institute's immigration targets council, said Canada is "flying in the dark" regarding tracking; new temporary worker arrivals dropped to 98,130 this year from 244,985 in 2024.
- Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner said Thursday that Prime Minister Mark Carney's system control claims are "slightly detached from the truth," citing job crises across the country.
- The government aims to reduce temporary residents to less than five per cent by 2027, though Mahboubi suggests a three to four per cent target aligns better with historical averages.
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Immigration board asks feds to better track temporary residents
OTTAWA - Canada needs to make further cuts to the number of temporary residents in the country and generate better tracking data when they leave the country, the head of
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