Shortly after announcing that a federal election was being called for April 28, Liberal Leader Mark Carney was asked about immigration levels. Carney noted there’s been a post-pandemic boom and that Canada has “not lived up to the bargain with those people. There’s not adequate housing. Not everyone who came here for an education was getting an education that they would expect.” He says caps on immigration were put in place as a consequence and those will “remain in place until we’ve expanded housing,” if he is elected as prime minister.
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