Radio-Canada has obtained documes that show the Trudeau governme is considering a plan to reduce immigration capacity due to the housing crisis. Apparely, the experts of the governme are currely considering to keep the capacity of immigration stable or even reduce it for 2026.
Currely, half a million new permane immigras eer Canada every year, and with this new plan, next year, the process of increasing the capacity to absorb immigras will probably stop and the capacity will remain at this level.
Radio-Canada says that while some governme officials are calling for stabilization of immigration capacity, others have called for a reduction.
It should be noted that the arrival of new immigras has become a sensitive issue for the governme due to two key issues, the housing crisis and the lack of jobs. Although the immigration minister ruled out lowering the targets in August, he did not rule out keeping them the same or increasing them. But now it seems that the governme’s approach is changing.
The federal governme also was to adopt policies to encourage the arrival of French-speaking immigras in order to preve the decline of the French-speaking population living outside of Quebec. In the bill to revise the Official Languages Act, which was passed earlier this year, the governme is required to develop policies to preserve the French-speaking minority in differe parts of Canada.
Radio-Canada data shows the governme is looking to gradually increase the capacity of French-speaking immigras to regions outside of Quebec. Last year, this capacity was 4.4%. Finally, the governme plans to bring the population of non-Québec French speakers to the level of 1971, which is about 6% of the total population.
It should be noted that the Federation of Francophone and Acadian Communities (FCFA) has called for setting a target of 12% of the capacity to accept French-speaking immigras in 2024 and to reach 20% by 2036 in order to restore the demographic weight of French-speaking minority communities outside of Quebec.
