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Canada’s housing minister says the federal government isn’t ruling out changes to its ambitious immigration targets, but maintains the country should also focus on what it can do to increase housing supply when it comes to addressing current housing challenges.

“When we look to the future of immigration levels planning, we want to maintain ambition and immigration, but we want to better align our immigration policies with the absorptive capacity of communities that includes housing, that...

Canada’s housing crisis “absolutely cannot” be solved without the aid of new immigrants who bring their skills here, Immigration Minister Marc Miller told reporters on Friday.

“Without those skilled workers coming from outside Canada, we absolutely cannot build the homes and meet the demand that exists currently today.”

Miller was asked by reporters if he was considering slashing Canada’s immigration targets, which are currently at historic highs, in response to a recent Bank of Canada report...

Bianca Briciu is assistant professor at the Providence School of Transformative Leadership and Spirituality, Saint Paul University. With a profound fascination for unlocking human potential across various dimensions of intelligence—ranging from cognitive to emotional and spiritual—she stands as a dedicated educator and researcher. Her current focus lies at the intersection of emotional and spiritual intelligence, positive psychology, mindfulness and transformative leadership.

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)recently announced the launch of a standalone federal pathway for the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP), which helps refugees and displaced people abroad immigrate to Canada through economic immigration pathways. 

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