Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his government’s record on immigration on Wednesday, following a report from the auditor general this week that showed the international student program lacked proper controls.
“We’re taking back control on immigration,” said Carney, on his way into a caucus meeting.
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Carney’s comments come two days after a new report by the auditor general’s office showed Canada’s immigration department in a two-year period only investigated a fraction of the 153,000 international students flagged for non-compliance and potential fraud.
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The audit also highlighted that the department failed to follow up on 800 cases where fraudulent documents were used. The report also found that the department failed to monitor which students were expected to leave each year and which students had left the country.
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In 2022, the Canadian population grew by more than one million people, thanks to record immigration designed to ease labour shortages. In 2023 and 2024, Canadian attitudes towards immigration hit a 30-year low, according to the immigration department’s own tracking surveys.
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The government’s 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan projected a decrease in overall permanent resident admissions to 395,000 in 2025. Canada let in a total of 393,530 people in 2025, compared to 483,655 in 2024.
The 2026-2028 levels plan stabilizes permanent resident admission targets at 380,000 per year for three years, while setting a target for new temporary resident arrivals at 385,000 in 2026 and 370,000 in 2027 and 2028.
Canada’s population shrank by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, marking the country’s first decrease since the COVID pandemic in 2020.
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