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As we begin a new year and the run-up to a federal election, we know there will be much debate over how Canada should best deal with pressing matters like affordability, housing, health care and the threat of U.S. tariffs.

Immigration is another one of those political issues sure to make headlines in 2025 here and south of the border — and it's a topic over which Canadian attitudes have shifted dramatically in recent years.

In recent months, the federal government has taken measures to cap the...

Canada's federal government is changing course on immigration with a wave of tighter caps on newcomers and new rules for permanent and non-permanent residents.

The changes come after years of accelerated population growth, a trend Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has attributed to increased immigration to address labour shortages during Canada's COVID-19 recovery.
"When the post-pandemic boom cooled and businesses no longer needed the additional labour help, as a federal team, we could have acted...

Canada will not accept new parent and grandparent permanent residency sponsorship applications until further notice, according to a ministerial directive.
The directive published in the Canada Gazette states the government remains committed to family reunification but will focus on processing applications received last year.

According to the directive, it's Immigration Minister Marc Miller's opinion that this will "best support" the government's goals around immigration and family reunification.

The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, along with the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, released Canada’s Border Plan. Backed by an investment of $1.3 billion and built around five pillars, this plan will bolster border security, strengthen our immigration system and contribute to ensuring Canada's future...

Lorraine Thomas’ journey is one defined by a steadfast commitment to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion within healthcare. With over 24 years of experience in healthcare and the not-for-profit sector, she has worked tirelessly with marginalized and underserved communities to promote systemic change. Lorraine’s professional path has equipped her with the expertise to identify and address inequities while advancing health literacy, client and family programs, and inclusive practices. As...

An "overheated" immigration system that admitted record numbers of newcomers to the country has harmed Canada's decades-old consensus on the benefits of immigration, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said, as he reflected on the changes in his department in a year-end interview.

The system, he said, needed some discipline to get the country back on track.

Over the course of 2024, Miller moved to cap the number of student visas, reduced the number of permanent residents it plans to admit, made it...

The federal government will no longer be granting additional points toward permanent residence to some temporary foreign workers, less than two months after an undercover CBC News and Investigative Journalism Foundation (IJF) investigation revealed how easy it is to buy and sell these jobs online.

On Tuesday, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller announced that applicants to the Express Entry program will no longer receive 50 or 200 additional points for working in a...

Multiple programs supporting immigrant and refugee settlement in British Columbia are losing federal funding, as the Canadian government plans to decrease the number of newcomers allowed into the country.

Immigrant Parents as Literacy Supporters (IPALS), run by the non-profit Decoda Literacy Solutions, is one of the impacted programs. It had been fully funded by federal grants for ten years — about $450,000 per year.

"The funding was not renewed, full stop," said Decoda executive director Sandra...

As the federal government looks to drastically reduce its immigration targets over the next few years, the mayors of northern Ontario’s largest cities say they need more immigrants to sustain local economies and population.

The mayors of Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay and Sudbury are calling on Ottawa to deliver on its promise to make permanent a pilot program that resettled skilled workers in their communities, saying a one-size-fits-all approach to immigration policy doesn’t benefit northern...

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will continue evaluating the asylum claims of people who have fled Syria, even as some European countries are pausing those claims after the Assad regime's fall.
Miller says Canada's asylum system isn't seeing the same pressure as European counterparts such as Germany and Austria.
Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, and is reportedly in Russia, after opposition forces seized the capital Damascus.

Assad's family had been in power...